Accompanied by his disciple, Sora, he departed from Edo (present-day Tokyo ... before nightfall. A haiku composed during this visit, shizukesa ya / iwa ni shimiiru / semi no koe (The stillness ...

By 1683, his house was rebuilt and Basho returned to Edo. This began a time when Basho began to travel. In 1684, he traveled to his birthplace which resulted in the work, The Weatherbeaten Trip. He ...

In Edo Period Japan, only the merchants possessed ... bunraku puppetry, and haiku poetry. Ukiyo-e, or woodblock prints, evolved too, later becoming world famous in the 19th century west.