poems.json

{
  "items":[
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "has spring come",
        "or has the year gone?",
        "second-to-last-day"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the moon’s your guide: ",
        "please come this way",
        "to a traveler’s inn"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the old-lady cherry",
        "in bloom: a remembrance",
        "of her old age"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "in the capital:",
        "ninety-nine thousand people",
        "blossom viewing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the blossoms are seen",
        "even by the eyes of the poor:",
        "demon thistle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "blue flag irises",
        "looking just like their images",
        "in the water"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "autumn wind",
        "through an open door—",
        "a piercing cry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "withered and bent over,",
        "the whole world upside down:",
        "bamboo in snow"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "withering frost: ",
        "melancholy blossoms",
        "through the flower field"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the faces of blossoms,",
        "do they make you shy?",
        "hazy moon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "among blossoms:",
        "grieving that I can’t even open",
        "my poem bag"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "blossoming waves:",
        "has snow returned to water,",
        "flowering out of season?"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "like clouds drifting apart,",
        "a wild goose separates, for now,",
        "from his friend"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "a hangover:",
        "but while the cherries bloom,",
        "what of it?"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "an acupuncurist",
        "pounding into my shoulder;",
        "the cast off robe"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "on the scales—",
        "Kyoto and Edo balanced",
        "in this spring of a thousand years"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "still alive:",
        "under my traveler’s hat,",
        "a bit of coolness"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "summer moon: ",
        "leaving Goyu,",
        "in Akasaka"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "wind from Mt. Fuji— ",
        "carrying it in my fan,",
        "a souvenir for those in Edo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "a cat’s trysts:",
        "she crosses back and forth",
        "over a crumbling stove"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "summer rains—",
        "offering his dragon lights,",
        "the city watchman"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "chopping a tree,",
        "then looking upon the cut end—",
        "tonight’s moon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "passing clouds—",
        "like a dog running about and pissing,",
        "scattered winter showers"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "wearing a robe of frost,",
        "the wind spread as its sleeping mat:",
        "an abandoned baby"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "well—nothing’s happened",
        "and yesterday’s come and gone!",
        "blowfish soup"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the Dutch consul too",
        "lies prostrate before Him:",
        "spring of the Shogun’s reign"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "a day of rain—",
        "autumn in the world around",
        "Boundary Town"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the Dutchmen too",
        "have come for the flowers:",
        "the horse saddle"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "on a blue sea,",
        "waves fragrant with rice wine:",
        "tonight’s moon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "looking around,",
        "gazing intently, beholding:",
        "autumn in Suma"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "morning snow:",
        "onion shoots rising",
        "mark the garden plot"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "ah spring, spring,",
        "great is spring,",
        "etcetera"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "spider, what is it,",
        "in what voice—why—are you crying?",
        "autumn wind"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "rose of sharon:",
        "in the hair of a naked child",
        "a spray of flowers"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "at night, stealthily,",
        "a worm in the moonlight",
        "boring into a chestnut"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "in my humble view",
        "the netherworld must be like this—",
        "autumn evening"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "on a withered branch",
        "a crow has settled— ",
        "autumn evening"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "where’s the winter shower? ",
        "with umbrella in hand ",
        "the monk returns"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "against the brushwood gate ",
        "it sweeps the tea leaves:",
        "windstorm"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the oars’ sound striking the waves, ",
        "a bowel-freezing night —",
        "and tears"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the rich dine on meat; ",
        "sturdy youths eat vegetable roots; ",
        "but I am poor"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "snow morning:",
        "alone, I manage to chew",
        "dried salmon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the rocks withered,",
        "the waters wilted—",
        "not even the feeling of winter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "wake up! wake up! ",
        "let’s be friends,",
        "sleeping butterfly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "butterfly! butterfly!",
        "I would ask you about",
        "China’s haikai"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "even in snow",
        "the noonflower does not wither:",
        "the sun’s light"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "by the noonflower",
        "a rice-pounder cools himself:",
        "a sight so moving"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "cuckoo:",
        "now there are no",
        "haikai masters"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "white chrysanthemum, white chrysanthemum ",
        "all that shame with your",
        "long hair, long hair"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "so now ",
        "what are you called?",
        "a morning of snow"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "swarming in the waterweeds,",
        "the whitefish: if taken in hand",
        "they would vanish away"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "having planted the basho, ",
        "now I despise them:",
        "the reed sprouts"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "cuckoo,",
        "were you invited by the barley",
        "plumed with seed?"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "in summer rains ",
        "the crane’s legs",
        "become short"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "foolishly, in the dark, ",
        "he grabs a thorn:",
        "hunting fireflies"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "moonflowers white",
        "at night by the outhouse,",
        "torch in hand"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "“live austere and clear!” ",
        "Moongazer’s recluse",
        "drinking song"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "banana in a windstorm:",
        "a night of listening to rain",
        "dripping in the tub"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "at a poor mountain temple,",
        "a kettle crying in the frost,",
        "the voice frigid"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "ice is bitter",
        "in the mouth of the rat",
        "quenching its thirst"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the year ending",
        "with echoes of pounding rice-cakes—",
        "a desolate sleep"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "one who breakfasts",
        "with morning glories:",
        "that’s what I am"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "crescent moon—",
        "a morning glory bud at night",
        "swelling"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "wind through his beard, ",
        "lamenting late autumn:",
        "who is he?"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "in a world of rain ",
        "life is like So ̄gi’s",
        "temporary shelter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "my bedclothes are so heavy ",
        "perhaps I’ll see the snow ",
        "from the sky of Wu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "deep in thought, ",
        "lonely",
        "autumn’s evening"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "is the bush warbler her spirit? ",
        "asleep,",
        "a lovely willow"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "sing cuckoo:",
        "you’re the Sixth Month’s",
        "plum blossoms"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the horse ambling,",
        "I see myself in a painting:",
        "summer moor"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "listening to hail—",
        "my self, as before,",
        "an old oak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the bell fades away,",
        "the blossoms’ fragrance ringing:",
        "early evening"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "eccentric—",
        "on grass devoid of fragrance,",
        "a butterfly settles"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "just as I scoop it,",
        "it rings in my teeth:",
        "spring water"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "its sound clear,",
        "echoing to the Northern Stars:",
        "a fulling block"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "in the world,",
        "is it harvest time?",
        "my thatched hut"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "spend nights on a journey,",
        "then you’ll know my poems—",
        "autumn wind"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "falling blossoms—",
        "birds too are startled:",
        "the dust of the koto"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "blooming wildly",
        "among the peach trees:",
        "first cherry blossoms"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "a spring night:",
        "and with dawn on the cherries,",
        "it has ended"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "squeaking in response",
        "to the young sparrows:",
        "mice in their nest"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "this too seems",
        "to be Saigyo ̄’s hut:",
        "a garden of blossoms"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "you too come out, bat:",
        "all these birds amid the blossoms",
        "of this floating world"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "spring rain—",
        "blowing back and forth like straw coats,",
        "river willows"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the fragrance of plums: ",
        "carrying me back",
        "to the cold"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "butterflies and birds ",
        "ceaselessly fluttering—",
        "clouds of blossoms"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "for one who says",
        "“I’m weary of my children”",
        "there are no blossoms"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "cherries in bloom",
        "throughout the world: to them too",
        "“hail Amida Buddha”"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "this mallet—",
        "long ago was it a camellia?",
        "a plum tree?"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "not raining, yet",
        "on bamboo-planting day",
        "a raincoat and hat"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "this hut:",
        "even the water rail hasn’t found",
        "your door"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "hydrangeas—",
        "at the time for summer clothes",
        "pale blue"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "a squid-seller’s call: ",
        "indistinguishable ",
        "from the cuckoo’s"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "periodic rain",
        "so no need to worry:",
        "rice sprouts "
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the words sound",
        "so despicable and yet in this world it is",
        "a thing of true delight"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "that’s something to see— ",
        "chrysanthemums after",
        "autumn’s storm"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "as the hackberry fruit falls",
        "the sound of starling wings—",
        "morning’s windstorm"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "a chrysanthemum drops",
        "its dew, but when I pick it up:",
        "a brood bud"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "my hut:",
        "a square of light",
        "from the window’s moon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "say something",
        "and the lips go cold:",
        "autumn wind"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "what do they eat",
        "in their tiny house?",
        "autumn in willow’s shade"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "this temple:",
        "a garden full",
        "of banana plants"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "mushroom—",
        "it’s become so ragged",
        "it looks like a pine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "a monkey showman",
        "with a little monkey jacket",
        "on a fulling block"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "through the whole night ",
        "did the bamboo freeze?",
        "morning frost"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "winter windstorm—",
        "hiding itself in bamboo,",
        "grown still"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "with chrysanthemums gone, ",
        "other than the radish",
        "there is nothing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "my sleeves,",
        "dingy colored and cold:",
        "darkest gray"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "a Motonobu painting: ",
        "whence such a sad state?",
        "year’s end"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "these three",
        "of the moon and flowers:",
        "masters of the truth"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "so desirable—",
        "inside his satchel,",
        "moon and blossoms"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "spring begins—",
        "in a new year,",
        "ten quarts of old rice"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "are needles falling",
        "in the pine wind?",
        "the water’s cool sound"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "bleached bones",
        "on my mind, the wind pierces",
        "my body to the heart"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "autumn, ten years:",
        "now I point to Edo",
        "as the old home"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "misty rain,",
        "a day with Mt. Fuji unseen:",
        "so enchanting"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "with clouds and mist",
        "in a brief moment a hundred scenes",
        "brought to fulfillment"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "those who listen for the monkeys: ",
        "what of this child",
        "abandoned in autumn’s wind?"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "roadside rose of sharon: ",
        "devoured",
        "by my horse"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "dozing on my horse,",
        "with dream lingering and moon distant:",
        "smoke from a tea fire"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "month’s end, no moon:",
        "a thousand year cedar",
        "embraced by a windstorm"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "potato-washing women: ",
        "were Saigyo here,",
        "he’d compose a waka"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "an orchid’s scent—",
        "its incense perfuming",
        "a butterfly’s wings"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "ivy planted,",
        "and four or five stalks of bamboo",
        "in the windstorm"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "should I take it in my hand",
        "it would melt in these hot tears:",
        "autumn frost"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "cotton-beating bow—",
        "as consoling as a lute",
        "deep in the bamboos"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "monks, morning glories:",
        "how many died, and reborn;",
        "pine of the dharma"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "a house that knows no winter— ",
        "the hulling of rice",
        "sounding like hail"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "beat the fulling block, ",
        "make me hear it—",
        "temple wife"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "dew trickles down:",
        "in it I would try to wash away",
        "the dust of the floating world"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the imperial tomb has stood",
        "for ages: what do you recall,",
        "fern of longing?"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "Yoshitomo’s heart",
        "it does resemble:",
        "autumn wind"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "autumn wind—",
        "just thickets and fields",
        "at Fuwa Barrier"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "not dead yet",
        "at journey’s end—",
        "autumn evening"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "so harsh—",
        "the sound of hail",
        "on my cypress hat"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "winter peonies",
        "and plovers, like",
        "cuckoo in snow"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "daybreak—",
        "a whitefish, whiteness",
        "one inch"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "even a horse:",
        "gazing up on it on a",
        "morning of snow"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "even the fern of longing",
        "is withered; buying rice-cakes",
        "at an inn"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "no rain hat",
        "in the winter showers?",
        "well, well!"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "a wild poem:",
        "in winter’s winds don’t I look",
        "just like Chikusai"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "grass for my pillow:",
        "is a dog too being rained on?",
        "night’s voices"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "market townsfolk!",
        "I’ll sell you this hat,",
        "a snow umbrella"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "snow upon snow:",
        "is tonight the twelfth month’s",
        "full moon?"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the sea darkening,",
        "a wild duck’s call",
        "faintly white"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the year gone,",
        "still wearing my bamboo hat",
        "and straw sandals"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "whose son-in-law?",
        "bearing fern fronds and rice-cakes",
        "this Year of the Ox"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "a wayfaring crow:",
        "its old nest has become",
        "a plum tree"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "yes it’s spring—",
        "through nameless hills,",
        "a faint haze"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the water drawing—",
        "in the frozen night,",
        "the sound of monks’ clogs"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "a wren of a single branch:",
        "the fragrance of its plum blossoms",
        "throughout the world"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the plums so white:",
        "yesterday did someone steal",
        "the cranes?"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the dignified stature",
        "of the oak, indifferent",
        "to the blossoms"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "onto my robe",
        "sprinkle dewdrops from",
        "Fushimi’s peach blossoms"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "on a mountain path, ",
        "somehow so moving:",
        "wild violets"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "pine of Karasaki: ",
        "more vague even",
        "than the blossoms"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "azaleas all arranged:",
        "in their shade, a woman",
        "tearing dried cod"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "in a field of mustard,",
        "with flower-viewing faces:",
        "sparrows"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "our two lives:",
        "between them has lived",
        "this blossoming cherry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "butterflies only",
        "fluttering in this field",
        "of sunlight"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "blue flag irises",
        "stirring in my mind",
        "a hokku"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "well now, together",
        "let’s eat ears of barley:",
        "a grass pillow"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "yearning for the plum,",
        "bowing before the deutzia:",
        "eyes of tears"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "for the white poppy",
        "it tears off its wing:",
        "the butterfly’s memento"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "from deep in the",
        "peony’s pistils, the bee’s",
        "reluctant parting"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "my journey’s horse ",
        "solaced with barley:",
        "a night’s lodging"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "summer robes: ",
        "still some lice",
        "I’ve yet to pick"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "clouds now and then ",
        "give us a rest:",
        "moonviewing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "with a full wine cup",
        "I drink to three names",
        "this evening"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "how many frosts",
        "has it endured—my banana plant",
        "is my New Year’s pine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "old fields—",
        "off to pick shepherd’s purse blossoms",
        "with male companions"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "looking closely:",
        "a shepherd’s purse blossoming",
        "beneath the hedge"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "overcome with illness,",
        "I can’t even eat a rice cake:",
        "peach blossoms"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "looking off ",
        "at its tiled roof",
        "in clouds of blossoms"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the old nest:",
        "so lonely it will be",
        "next door"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "falling to the ground, ",
        "returning to the roots:",
        "a flower’s farewell"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "old pond—",
        "a frog jumps in,",
        "water’s sound"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "east and west,",
        "the pathos is the same:",
        "autumn wind"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "harvest moon—",
        "wandering round the pond",
        "all night long"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "dawn comes—",
        "even on the night of the 27th,",
        "a crescent moon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "flowers all withered, ",
        "spilling their sadness:",
        "seeds for grass"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "water so cold:",
        "it was hard for even a gull",
        "to fall sleep"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the water jar cracks:",
        "in the frozen night",
        "I lie awake"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "first snow—",
        "great luck to be here",
        "in my own hut"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "first snow—",
        "just enough to bend",
        "narciuss leaves"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "drinking sake",
        "and now it’s harder to sleep:",
        "night of snow"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "you start a fire,",
        "I’ll show you something fun:",
        "a great ball of snow"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "“moon and snow”:",
        "so I’ve indulged myself",
        "to the end of the year"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "hey village kids,",
        "leave some plum branches:",
        "ox whips"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "arriving when you were out, ",
        "even the plums are far away",
        "beyond the hedge"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "please don’t forget: ",
        "in the grove,",
        "a plum blossom"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "at play in the blossoms,",
        "a horsefly: do not eat it",
        "friend sparrow"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "nesting storks:",
        "viewed through branches",
        "of blossoms"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "clouds of blossoms; ",
        "the temple bell:",
        "Ueno? Asakusa?"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "all the long day",
        "singing, singing, yet not enough:",
        "a skylark"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "mid the plain—",
        "attached to nothing,",
        "the singing skylark"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "cuckoo:",
        "singing singing as it flies,",
        "so very busy"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "my hair grown out, ",
        "my face pale:",
        "summer rains"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "in the summer rains",
        "I’ll go view the floating nest",
        "of a grebe"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "now look at me",
        "in this fine summer robe!",
        "a cicada kimono"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "I’ll fall asleep drunk,",
        "the wild pinks blooming",
        "over the rocks"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "you who raised melons:",
        "“would that you were here”",
        "in the evening coolness"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "a little crab",
        "creeping up my leg:",
        "clear water"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "lightning",
        "clenched in the hand:",
        "torchlight in the dark"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "morning glory:",
        "even when painted poorly,",
        "it has pathos"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "field of bush clovers—",
        "be their shelter for a night:",
        "mountain dogs"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "in the half harvested",
        "rice paddies, a crane—",
        "autumn in the village"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "peasant boy—",
        "husking rice, he pauses",
        "to gaze at the moon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "taro leaves—",
        "awaiting the moon",
        "on the village’s burnt field"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the moon swift,",
        "the branches still holding",
        "the rain"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "sleeping at a temple,",
        "reverent, with my true face:",
        "moon viewing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "this pine sprouted",
        "in the age of the gods—",
        "so holy an autumn"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "bagworms:",
        "come hear their cry;",
        "a thatched hut"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "rising again,",
        "the chrysanthemums faint",
        "after the rains"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "emaciated and yet",
        "somehow the chrysanthemum",
        "buds out"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "“wayfarerer”",
        "will be my name;",
        "first winter showers"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "is one ridge",
        "clouded with winter showers?",
        "Fuji in snow"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "to the capital,",
        "half the sky left—",
        "clouds of snow"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "“gaze into",
        "the darkness of Star Cape”:",
        "is this the plovers’ cry?"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "so cold and yet",
        "a night sleeping together:",
        "so delightful"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "burning pine needles",
        "to dry my hand towel:",
        "the cold"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "winter sun—",
        "frozen on horseback,",
        "my shadow"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "may it be snow and sand",
        "you fall into from your horse:",
        "drunk on sake"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "a lone hawk:",
        "finding it brings such joy",
        "at Cape Irago"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "Cape Irago:",
        "nothing can match",
        "the hawk’s cry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "more than dream",
        "the hawk of reality",
        "heartens me"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "plum and camellia:",
        "praise to their early bloom",
        "here in Hobi Village"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "freshly polished,",
        "the sacred mirror too is clear:",
        "blossoms of snow"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "smoothing it out,",
        "I’m off to snowviewing:",
        "my paper robe"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "well then,",
        "let’s go snow-viewing",
        "till we all fall down"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "searching out the plum fragrance ",
        "I gaze up at the eaves",
        "of the warehouse"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the dew frozen,",
        "I soak it dry with my brush:",
        "the pure water spring"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "resting on my journey,",
        "I watch the year-end housecleaning",
        "of the floating world"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "my native home—",
        "weeping over my umbilical cord",
        "at year’s end"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "through gaps in snow, ",
        "pale purple,",
        "sprouts of the udo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "spring has risen",
        "only nine days now and",
        "these fields and mountains!"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "even the heart of Akokuso ",
        "I do not know:",
        "plum blossoms"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "give forth your fragrance! ",
        "on a coal mining hill,",
        "plum blossoms"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "even the sound",
        "of someone blowing his nose:",
        "plum blossoms"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "withered grass— ",
        "faint heat waves",
        "one or two inches high"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "sixteen foot Buddha: ",
        "heat waves rising",
        "from the stone base"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "from what tree’s",
        "blossoms I know not:",
        "such fragrance"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the shrine maidens:",
        "the loveliness of the lone plum here",
        "in blossom"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "inside the shop curtains, ",
        "in the quiet depths,",
        "plum blossoms of the north"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "out from an old plum tree ",
        "grows a young sprout—",
        "plum blossoms"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "first I’ll ask",
        "the names of things: these reeds",
        "with new leaves"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the taro is planted,",
        "the gate covered with vines’",
        "new leaves"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "of this mountain’s",
        "many sorrows, tell the tales",
        "old yam diggers"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "my paper robe is wet,",
        "but I’ll go break a branch:",
        "blossoms in the rain"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "inside the shrine’s fences—",
        "so unexpected this portrait",
        "of Buddha entering nirvana"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "be naked?",
        "not yet, with second month’s",
        "windstorm"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the first cherries blooming: ",
        "right now, today,",
        "is such a fine day"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "so many many",
        "memories come to mind:",
        "cherry blossoms"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "blossoms as my lodging",
        "from beginning to end—",
        "twenty days"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "spring night—",
        "someone in retreat, so mysterious",
        "in a corner of the temple"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "higher than the lark: ",
        "resting in the sky",
        "at the pass"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the blossoms at Dragon’s Gate: ",
        "a splendid souvenir",
        "for my drinking friends"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "in the shade of blossoms",
        "it seems like a No ̄ play:",
        "a journey’s rest"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "with a fan",
        "drinking sake in the shadows—",
        "falling cherry blossoms"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "were my voice good,",
        "I’d chant from the No:",
        "falling cherry blossoms"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "petal after petal",
        "mountain roses flutter down:",
        "the sound of the rapids"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "cherry blossom viewing: ",
        "admirable it is to walk",
        "ten or twelve miles a day"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "with the sun darkening",
        "on the blossoms, it is lonely—",
        "a false cypress"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "spring rain",
        "flowing down the tree:",
        "the pure water spring"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "beginning to melt,",
        "I soak it dry with my brush:",
        "the pure water spring"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "blossoms at their peak,",
        "with the mountains as always",
        "at daybreak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "all the more I’d like to see it",
        "with dawn coming to the blossoms:",
        "the face of the god"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "departing spring—",
        "I’ve finally caught up with it",
        "here at Wakanoura."
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "removing a one layer",
        "I carry it over my shoulder:",
        "clothes-changing day"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "with a young leaf",
        "I would wipe the tears",
        "from your eyes"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "deer horns",
        "developing their first branch:",
        "our separation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "travel weary,",
        "just as I finally find lodging—",
        "wisteria blossoms"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "villagers sing",
        "verses in the rice fields:",
        "the capital"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "iris blossoms:",
        "conversations about them are",
        "one joy of the journey"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the moon is here",
        "yet there seems an absence:",
        "summer in Suma"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "seeing the moon",
        "yet something is lacking—",
        "summer in Suma"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "cuckoo:",
        "off where it disappears—",
        "a single island"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "octopus traps—",
        "fleeting dreams under",
        "summer’s moon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "in the summer rains",
        "one thing unhidden—",
        "the bridge of Seta"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "these fireflies,",
        "like the moon",
        "in all the rice paddies"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "held in my eye:",
        "with Yoshino’s blooms",
        "Seta’s fireflies"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "falling from",
        "a grass blade, and flying away:",
        "a firefly"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "summer in the world: ",
        "floating on the lake",
        "over waves"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "moonflowers—",
        "and in autumn,",
        "various gourds"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "noonflower,",
        "with a short night’s sleep:",
        "daytime"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "and now also",
        "the clothes of the deceased—",
        "summer airing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "mountain cove—",
        "I would nourish my body",
        "with this field of melons"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "to a delicate child: ",
        "flowers",
        "of a summer field"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "a temple bell too",
        "seems to be ringing:",
        "cicada’s cry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "castle ruins—",
        "pure water from the old well",
        "is what I’ll seek first"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "so fascinating,",
        "but then, so sad:",
        "cormorant fishing boat"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "in this place",
        "all that meets the eye",
        "is cool"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "summer has come",
        "yet just one leaf on",
        "the one-leaf-fern"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "like nothing",
        "it’s been compared to:",
        "the crescent moon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "after the reaping—",
        "from the side of a field of early rice",
        "a snipe’s call"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "such a fine house—",
        "out back, sparrows delight",
        "in the millet field"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "early autumn—",
        "the ocean and the rice fields",
        "all one green"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "weary of the journey,",
        "how many days like today?",
        "autumn’s wind"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "lotus pond—",
        "left as they are, unplucked,",
        "for the Festival of Spirits"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "deep into autumn—",
        "a butterfly sipping",
        "chrysanthemum dew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "not hidden",
        "at this house: vegetable soup",
        "with red pepper"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "seeing you off,",
        "your back in the distance—",
        "lonely autumn wind"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "seeing friends off,",
        "being seen off, and now:",
        "autumn in Kiso"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "so many plants,",
        "each with its own",
        "brilliant blossom"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "morning glories",
        "oblivious to all the drinking",
        "are in full bloom"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "trembling, teetering,",
        "now even more dew-like—",
        "lady flowers"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "its inside I’d like",
        "to line with lacquer:",
        "moon at the inn"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the hanging bridge— ",
        "grasping for dear life,",
        "ivy vines"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "high hanging bridge—",
        "what first comes to mind",
        "is the Meeting with the Horses"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "her face—",
        "an old woman weeping alone:",
        "moon as companion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "biting deep within,",
        "the pungent radish:",
        "autumn wind"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "chestnuts of Kiso:",
        "for those of the floating world,",
        "my souvenir"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the moon’s light—",
        "four gates, four sects",
        "yet only one"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "blowing away",
        "the rocks: Asama’s",
        "autumn windstorm"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the sixteenth night moon?",
        "or is it this morning’s lingering",
        "chrysanthemums?"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "emaciated in Kiso",
        "and still not recovered:",
        "late harvest moon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the ivy leaves",
        "are tinged with the past:",
        "autumn foliage"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "departing autumn— ",
        "wrapping my body",
        "in the narrow bedding"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "chrysanthemums and cockscombs: ",
        "every flower cut",
        "for Nichiren’s death day"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "winter seclusion:",
        "again I’ll lean back against",
        "my old post"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "five or six of us",
        "lined up before the tea cakes:",
        "the sunken hearth"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "I long to imagine",
        "how you looked—your staff",
        "of withered wood"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "lying down,",
        "the futon pulled up:",
        "cold, desolate night"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "off to buy rice",
        "with a snow covered bag—",
        "my winter hood"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "are you a companion",
        "to these creepers secluded away?",
        "winter vegetable seller"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "so enticing—",
        "in the spring of this year too",
        "the sky of wayfaring"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "morning and evening,",
        "as if someone waits for me at Matsushima:",
        "my unfulfilled love"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "heat waves",
        "shimmering from the shoulders",
        "of my paper robe"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "red-blossom plums— ",
        "unseen love engendered",
        "by the courtly blind"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "doubt it not:",
        "the blossoms of the tide also show",
        "spring upon this bay"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "even the creepers:",
        "their new leaves lovely",
        "at the dilapidated house"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "a skylark’s singing,",
        "and keeping to its rhythm,",
        "a pheasant’s cry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "no moon, no blossoms, ",
        "just drinking sake",
        "all alone"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "a grass hut too",
        "has a season of moving:",
        "a doll’s house"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "young sweetfish",
        "seeing off the whitefish:",
        "departure"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "departing spring—",
        "birds cry, in the fishes’",
        "eyes are tears"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "with threads of",
        "heat waves it is interwoven:",
        "the smoke"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the sun about to sink,",
        "and the threading heat waves",
        "departing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "a village where no",
        "bells ring: what, then,",
        "of spring evenings?"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "so holy:",
        "green leaves, young leaves,",
        "in sun’s light"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "for a while",
        "secluded at a waterfall—",
        "start of the summer retreat"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "a man carrying fodder:",
        "I’ll make him our guide",
        "across this summer field"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "mountains too",
        "move into the garden—",
        "a summer parlor"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "even woodpeckers",
        "don’t damage this hut:",
        "summer grove"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "a crane cries—",
        "that shriek will surely tear",
        "the banana leaves"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "across the plain,",
        "turn my horse over there!",
        "cuckoo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "falling from high above— ",
        "at a Takaku lodging,",
        "cuckoo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the stench of the stone— ",
        "the summer grass red,",
        "the scorching dew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "from the west? from the east? ",
        "above all in the rice sprouts",
        "the sound of the wind"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the beginning of all art— ",
        "in the deep north",
        "a rice-planting song"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "people of the world",
        "don’t discern this blossom—",
        "chestnut by the eaves"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "summer rains:",
        "enough water to drown",
        "the waterfall"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "planting seedlings",
        "with the hands—ancient patterns",
        "from the fern of longing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "satchel and sword, too, ",
        "displayed for Fifth Month:",
        "carp streamers"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the Takekuma Pine: ",
        "show it to him,",
        "late-blooming cherries"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "since the cherries bloomed,",
        "I’ve longed to see this pine: two trunks",
        "after three month’s passage"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "where is it this rainy month",
        "along muddy roads?",
        "sandal cords"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "islands and islands—",
        "shattered into a thousand pieces,",
        "summer’s sea"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "summer grass:",
        "all that remains",
        "of warriors’ dreams"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "all the summer rains:",
        "have they left it untouched?",
        "Hall of Light"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "fleas, lice,",
        "a horse peeing",
        "by my pillow"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "crawl out here!",
        "under the silkworm nursery,",
        "the croak of a toad"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "stillness—",
        "sinking into the rocks,",
        "cicadas’ cry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "gathering all",
        "the summer rains, the swift",
        "Mogami River"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "at this water’s source",
        "I would seek for an ice house:",
        "willow tree"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the wind’s fragrance",
        "also suggests the south:",
        "Mogami River"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "so grateful—",
        "perfumed with snow,",
        "the South Valley"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "coolness—",
        "the crescent moon faint",
        "over Black Feather Mountain"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "cloud peaks,",
        "how many have crumbled away:",
        "Moon Mountain"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "at Yudono,",
        "forbidden to speak,",
        "my sleeves wet with tears"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "his jewel-like spirit—",
        "it returns to Mt. Haguro,",
        "moon of the law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "moon? blossoms?",
        "to such questions,",
        "just four sleepers snoring"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "surprising freshness—",
        "after departing the mountains of Dewa,",
        "the first eggplant"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "clearing at evening—",
        "cooling off under the cherry flowers",
        "with blossoms on the waves"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the Shallows—",
        "a crane with legs wet,",
        "the sea cool"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "stormy sea—",
        "stretching out over Sado,",
        "Heaven’s River"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "in your medicinal garden ",
        "which flowers should be",
        "my night’s pillow?"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "skewering sea breams",
        "with cool willow twigs—",
        "a fisherman’s wife"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "in the same house ",
        "prostitutes, too, slept:",
        "bush clover and moon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the scent of early rice—",
        "cutting through the fields, on the right,",
        "the Rough Shore Sea"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "so red, red,",
        "the sun relentless and yet",
        "autumn’s wind"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "autumn is cool:",
        "let each hand set to peeling",
        "melons and eggplants"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "grave too move!",
        "my wailing voice:",
        "autumn wind"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "a lovely name—",
        "Little Pine, where the wind wafts",
        "over bush clover and miscanthus"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "drenched passersby—",
        "they too are captivating:",
        "bush clover in rain"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "so pitiful—",
        "under the helmet,",
        "a cricket"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "peach tree,",
        "don’t let your leaves fall:",
        "autumn wind"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "by the fishing fires,",
        "a bullhead—under the waves",
        "choking in tears"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "leaving the hot-springs: ",
        "tonight my skin",
        "will be cool"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "leaving the hot springs,",
        "looking back how many times —",
        "beneath the mist"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "from this day forth—",
        "the inscription washed away",
        "by dew on my hat"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "whiter than",
        "the stones of Stone Mountain:",
        "autumn’s wind"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "before departing: ",
        "in the temple,",
        "falling willow leaves"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "scribbled on,",
        "now the fan is torn up:",
        "memories at departure"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "Asamutsu—",
        "on a moon-viewing journey",
        "a dawn departure"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "behold the moon!",
        "while the reeds at Jewel Bay",
        "are still uncut"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "tomorrow’s moon: ",
        "does it augur rain?",
        "Hina-ga-dake"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "is this the mountain",
        "where Yoshinaka awoke?",
        "a moon of sorrow"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the eight scenes",
        "of various provinces and now",
        "the moon at Kei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the moon so pure",
        "on the sand carried here",
        "by the Pilgrim Priests"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "harvest moon—",
        "the north country weather",
        "so uncertain"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "where’s the moon?",
        "the temple bell sunk",
        "to the bottom of the sea"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "not just the moon:",
        "because of rain, even sumo ̄",
        "has been called off"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the ancient name",
        "“Deer Antler” so lovely:",
        "the autumn moon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "loneliness—",
        "superior even than Suma,",
        "autumn on this beach"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "between the waves— ",
        "mingling with tiny shells,",
        "bits of bush clover blossoms"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "drop your little petals,",
        "bush clover, on the little shells:",
        "our little cup"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "still not a butterfly",
        "as autumn deepens:",
        "a rape-worm"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "just as it is—",
        "not even needing the moon:",
        "Mt. Ibuki"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "peacefully secluded here,",
        "I would love to pick fruit",
        "and the grains of grass"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "bloom quickly,",
        "the ninth is near:",
        "chrysanthemum blossoms"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "wisteria beans:",
        "I’ll make them my poetry",
        "with the blossoms gone"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "hermitage—",
        "moon, chrysanthemums,",
        "and an acre of rice"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "Saigyo ̄’s sandals:",
        "hang them as well",
        "with the pine’s dew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "like a clam from its shell, ",
        "setting off for Futami: ",
        "departing autumn"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "moon, be lonely—",
        "I want to tell of",
        "Akechi’s wife"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "for holiness,",
        "everyone’s been shoving each other:",
        "the Shrine Renewal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "autumn winds:",
        "now the graveyard of Ise",
        "is even more desolate"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "Saigyo’s inkstone?",
        "I pick it up — dew",
        "on the concave rock"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "entering the gate:",
        "by the sago palm,",
        "an orchid’s fragrance"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "first winter shower:",
        "even the monkey seems to want",
        "a little straw coat"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "for the people in this house ",
        "send down winter showers",
        "no matter the cold"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "mushroom gathering—",
        "in danger of getting drenched in",
        "a cold evening shower"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "winter garden—",
        "the moon too a thread:",
        "an insect’s song"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "on a folding screen",
        "a mountain is painted:",
        "winter seclusion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "in the first snow",
        "let’s make beards",
        "from rabbit fur"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "hey kids!",
        "let’s run around",
        "in the hail!"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "first snow—",
        "for the Great Buddha, when",
        "will the columns be raised?"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "off to the mountain castle",
        "of Ide, hiring a palanquin:",
        "early winter showers"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "were they walking",
        "around Cho ̄sho ̄’s grave too?",
        "bowl beating"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "if it hails",
        "I’ll cook and serve",
        "wicker-caught whitebait"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "why does it head",
        "to the market at year’s-end?",
        "a flying crow"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the man wearing",
        "a straw mat, who is he?",
        "blossoms of spring"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "let’s go see",
        "the Festival of the Otter:",
        "deep in the hills of Seta"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "spring rain—",
        "just beginning to sprout,",
        "eggplant seedlings"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "this tiny seed",
        "I do not belittle:",
        "red pepper"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "seed potatoes—",
        "with cherries blooming,",
        "the vegetable seller on his rounds"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "pine-filled berms",
        "and blossoms – a manor built",
        "deep in the forest"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "beneath a tree,",
        "both soup and fish salad:",
        "cherry blossoms!"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "so fitting—",
        "bean-flour rice balls",
        "while blossom hunting"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "heat waves—",
        "the saiko’s threadlike leaves",
        "in a thin haze"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "butterfly wings:",
        "how many times fluttering",
        "over the wall’s roof"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the whole village:",
        "are they all descendants",
        "of the blossom guards?"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "“it eats snakes”—",
        "hearing this, how ghastly",
        "the call of the pheasant"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "from the four directions, ",
        "blossoms are blowing in:",
        "waves of the grebe"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "spring departs:",
        "with those of O ̄ mi",
        "I join the lament"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the solitary nun",
        "aloof in her straw hut:",
        "white azalea"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "daybreak:",
        "in the lingering lavender",
        "a cuckoo calls"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "for now I’ll rely",
        "on the pasania tree:",
        "summer grove"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "neither to evening",
        "nor morning does it belong:",
        "melon blossom"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the sun’s path—",
        "hollyhocks turn with it",
        "in summer rains"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "fragrant orange—",
        "when? in what field?",
        "cuckoo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "firefly viewing—",
        "the boatman is drunk,",
        "the boat unsteady"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "in the capital,",
        "yet longing for the capital—",
        "cuckoo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "river breeze—",
        "wearing pale persimmon robes,",
        "the evening cool"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "don’t take after me: ",
        "cut in two,",
        "a musk melon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "my hut:",
        "that the mosquitoes are small",
        "is all I can offer"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "soon to die,",
        "yet no sign of it:",
        "a cicada’s cry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "do not peek",
        "even through silk tree leaves:",
        "the stars’ light"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "Festival of Spirits:",
        "today too at the crematorium",
        "smoke rises"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "dragonfly—",
        "unable to hold on",
        "to the grass blade"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "wild boars too",
        "are blown along:",
        "autumn windstorm"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "turn this way,",
        "I too am lonely:",
        "autumn evening"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "plucking out white hairs— ",
        "under the pillow,",
        "a cricket"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "harvest moon—",
        "children lined up along",
        "the temple veranda"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "harvest moon—",
        "turning toward the sea,",
        "the Seven Komachis"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "moonviewing—",
        "in the room not a single",
        "beautiful face"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the moon about to rise—",
        "everyone with hands on knees",
        "in the room"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "by a paulownia tree, ",
        "a quail is crying",
        "inside the garden wall"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "lightning,",
        "yet unenlightened:",
        "so admirable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "a sick goose",
        "falling in the night’s cold:",
        "sleep on a journey"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "a fisher’s hut:",
        "mingling with small shrimp,",
        "crickets"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "sipping morning tea,",
        "the monk is peaceful:",
        "chrysanthemum blossoms"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "early winter showers—",
        "enough to blacken the fields’",
        "freshcut stubble"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "a cricket",
        "crying forgetfully:",
        "the brazier"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "frost has come,",
        "but a wild pink blossom",
        "on the wooden brazier"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "winter winds—",
        "cheeks swollen in pain,",
        "someone’s face"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "first snow—",
        "the color of the knapsack",
        "of a wandering priest"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "snow falling—",
        "miscanthus for the shrine hut",
        "still uncut"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "plovers rising:",
        "as early evening deepens,",
        "winds storm down Mt. Hiei"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "year-end house cleaning: ",
        "through the cedar trees,",
        "a windstorm"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "for half a day,",
        "companions to the gods—",
        "seeing the year off"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "dried salmon and also",
        "a Ku ̄ya pilgrim’s emaciation:",
        "the depths of winter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "hold for a moment",
        "the sound of slicing soybeans:",
        "bowl beating"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "flying down",
        "on the stones of Stone Mountain:",
        "hail storm"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "usually hateful,",
        "yet the crow too",
        "in this dawn snow"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "on low hills too:",
        "a mountain windstorm swirling",
        "the tree leaves"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "on Hira and Mikami",
        "snow mantles across the peaks:",
        "a bridge of snowy egrets"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "so admirable—",
        "even on a day without snow,",
        "straw coat and bamboo hat"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "hidden",
        "in the late winter waters:",
        "a diving grebe"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "buying a house,",
        "and lending it to me:",
        "seeing the year off"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "sprouting strongly ",
        "through the snow,",
        "the spring grass"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "plum blossoms and fresh greens ",
        "at the Mariko stopover",
        "and that yam porridge"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "mountain village",
        "and the New Year’s dancers are late:",
        "plum blossoms"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "moonrise gathering— ",
        "carrying a plum branch,",
        "a novice mountain ascetic"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "so lazy—",
        "finally roused from bed:",
        "spring rain"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "emaciated",
        "by love and barley?",
        "the lady cat"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "year upon year—",
        "fertilizing the cherry trees:",
        "blossom dust"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "drinking it all up,",
        "let’s make it into a flower vase:",
        "the four liter wine barrel"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "for a moment",
        "it hangs above the blossoms:",
        "the night’s moon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "old and infirm—",
        "my teeth bite sand",
        "in the dried seaweed"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "a mountain rose—",
        "I should stick it in my hat",
        "just like a branch"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "mountain roses—",
        "when tea ovens at Uji",
        "are so fragrant"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "a night of darkness— ",
        "having lost its nest,",
        "a plover crying out"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "grievous junctures—",
        "the human fate of becoming",
        "a bamboo shoot"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "citron blossoms—",
        "let’s recall the olden days:",
        "the food preparing room."
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "cuckoo:",
        "filtering through the vast bamboo grove",
        "the moon’s light"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "sunk in sorrow,",
        "make me feel loneliness:",
        "mountain cuckoo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "clapping hands,",
        "and dawnlight in the echo:",
        "summer moon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "bamboo shoots—",
        "and my childhood",
        "sketches of them"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "ears of barley— ",
        "tinted in the tears",
        "of crying skylarks"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "day by day",
        "the barley reddens toward ripeness:",
        "singing skylarks"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "devoid of talent,",
        "I wish only to sleep:",
        "raucous warblers"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "summer rains—",
        "poem cards peeled off,",
        "their traces on the wall"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "wrapping rice dumplings:",
        "with one hand she puts back",
        "her fallen hair"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "early autumn—",
        "the rolled up mosquito net",
        "now a bedcover"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "a begonia,",
        "the color of watermelon blossoms,",
        "in full bloom"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "autumn’s wind blowing ",
        "and yet how green",
        "the chestnut burs"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "seedhead of the reed— ",
        "seized by demons",
        "of the Rashomon gate"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "in the cowshed,",
        "the dusky sound of mosquitoes:",
        "lingering summer heat"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the color of autumn: ",
        "not even a pot",
        "of rice-bran mash"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "loneliness—",
        "dangling from a nail,",
        "a cricket"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "friends who’ve given rice: ",
        "tonight they’re my guest",
        "at moonviewing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "Mii Temple,",
        "I’d love to knock on its gate:",
        "tonight’s moon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "open the lock",
        "let the moon shine in—",
        "Floating Temple"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "how easily it rose",
        "and now it hesitates,",
        "the moon in clouds"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "sixteenth night moon—",
        "just enough time to boil shrimp",
        "in the night’s darkness"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "harvest moon:",
        "though it’s a second time . . .",
        "this moon at Seta"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "rice-field sparrows",
        "in the tea fields—",
        "their refuge"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the hawk’s eyes",
        "have darkened now:",
        "calling quail"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "gaze at the buckwheat, too, ",
        "and make them envious:",
        "bushclover in the fields"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "grass-thatched hut—",
        "as day darkens I’m given",
        "chrysanthemum wine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "along the bridge beam",
        "endures the fern of recollection:",
        "farewell moon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "nine times awakened",
        "yet it’s still the moon",
        "before dawn"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "mushroom—",
        "a leaf from an unknown tree",
        "sticking to it"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "autumn wind—",
        "a paulownia tree being blown,",
        "now frost on the ivy"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "rice threshing,",
        "an old woman’s good fortune:",
        "chrysanthemum blossom"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the ambience",
        "of a hundred years: this garden’s",
        "fallen leaves"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "so very precious:",
        "are they tinting my tears?",
        "falling crimson leaves"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "finely-crafted,",
        "now the garden is enlivened:",
        "early winter shower"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "time to time",
        "gazing on Mt. Ibuki:",
        "winter seclusion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "narcissus—",
        "and the white paper screen,",
        "reflecting each other"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "its color",
        "whiter than the peach:",
        "narcissus bloom"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "weary of the capital,",
        "ah this cold whipping wind—",
        "winter dwelling"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "awaiting the snow,",
        "the faces of the wine lovers—",
        "lightning flash"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "winter winds blow",
        "the rocks sharpened",
        "among the cedars"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "praying for a warm bed, ",
        "it has now appeared:",
        "sleep along the journey"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "putting up at an inn",
        "I am asked my name:",
        "early winter showers"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "somehow",
        "still alive—snow on",
        "withered miscanthus"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the gods gone",
        "everything desolate among",
        "the dead leaves"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "arrowroot leaves",
        "with their face exposed:",
        "morning frost"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "geese clamoring",
        "on rice fields at Toba—",
        "frigid rain"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "fishes, birds,",
        "their heart we do not know:",
        "seeing the year off"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "a spring unseen:",
        "on the back of a mirror,",
        "plum blossoms"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "so enviable:",
        "far north of the floating world,",
        "mountain cherry blossoms"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "bush warbler—",
        "pooping on the rice cake",
        "at the edge of the veranda"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "know my heart: ",
        "with a blossom,",
        "a begging bowl"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "cats in love:",
        "when it’s over, from the bedroom",
        "a hazy moon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "counting them as I pass: ",
        "house after house,",
        "the plums and willows"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "in my two hands,",
        "peach and cherry blossoms—",
        "and mugwort rice-cake"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "on the Chinese gable,",
        "the setting sun . . . growing faint:",
        "evening cool"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "they make me forget",
        "the heat of summer’s pinks:",
        "wildflowers of the fields"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "under the crescent moon",
        "the earth is shrouded with mist:",
        "buckwheat blossoms"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "banana leaves",
        "will hang by the pillars:",
        "moon over the hut"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "harvest moon—",
        "swelling up to my gate,",
        "the cresting tide"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "green was just right ",
        "and yet now it’s a",
        "a red pepper"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "upriver and",
        "now downriver—",
        "moon’s companion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "traveling with autumn",
        "I would go all the way to",
        "Komatsu River"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "autumn departs",
        "yet something holds promise—",
        "green tangerines"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "just today,",
        "let’s all be old:",
        "first winter shower"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "opening the hearth— ",
        "the aging plasterer",
        "with sideburns of frost"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "salted sea breams,",
        "their gums too are cold:",
        "the fish store"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "sweeping the garden, ",
        "the snow forgotten:",
        "a broom"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "banked charcoal— ",
        "against the wall,",
        "the guest’s shadow"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "into my moon and flower folly, ",
        "I’ll drive a needle:",
        "start of deep winter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "my heart",
        "so oddly at ease:",
        "Twelfth Month"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "year after year—",
        "the monkey wearing",
        "a monkey’s mask"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "slowly spring",
        "is taking shape:",
        "moon and plum"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "a whitefish—",
        "opening its black eyes",
        "in the net of the Law"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "on this First Horse Day,",
        "a fox must have shaved",
        "your head"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "cuckoo:",
        "its call stretching out",
        "across the water"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "going beyond even",
        "the art of wind and moon:",
        "peony blossoms"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "learn from the journey",
        "of a sorrowing wayfarer:",
        "flies of Kiso"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "moonflower—",
        "sticking my drunken face",
        "out the window"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "children!",
        "noonflowers have bloomed,",
        "and I’ll peel a melon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "with flooding waters",
        "the stars too sleep on their journey—",
        "upon a rock"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "without dropping",
        "its bright white dew,",
        "a bush clover sways"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "first mushroom—",
        "just a few days into the season,",
        "autumn dew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "morning glories—",
        "locked during daytime,",
        "my fence gate"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "morning glories—",
        "even they, too, are not",
        "my friend"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "fish stench:",
        "on top of waterweed",
        "dace entrails"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "sixteenth night moon— ",
        "ever so slightly",
        "the darkening begins"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "in autumn’s wind, ",
        "sadly broken,",
        "a mulberry staff"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "have you seen it?—",
        "on the seventh night, over your grave,",
        "the third-day moon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the moon has set;",
        "all that remains is",
        "the four corners of his desk"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "chrysanthemums blooming— ",
        "in a stonemason’s yard",
        "amid the stones"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "on the gold screen",
        "a pine of great age—",
        "winter seclusion"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "chrysanthemum fragrance— ",
        "in the garden, the sole",
        "of a worn-out sandal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "winter chrysanthemums—",
        "rice bran spilling over them",
        "from a nearby hand mill"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "winter chrysanthemum— ",
        "heating sweet wine",
        "in front of the window"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "wrapped warm",
        "in its feather robe,",
        "the duck’s feet"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "up in the saddle",
        "sits a little boy—",
        "radish harvest"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "first snow—",
        "coating the bridge",
        "under construction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "a samurai gathering: ",
        "pungent as a radish is",
        "their talk"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the pathos of",
        "the birdseller’s geese:",
        "Festival of Ebisu"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "everyone heads off, ",
        "grateful for the bridge:",
        "frosted roadway"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "still alive",
        "all frozen into one:",
        "sea slugs"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "year-end housecleaning:",
        "hanging his own shelf,",
        "a carpenter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "and also a night",
        "a thief came calling:",
        "year’s end"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "decorations of the immortals:",
        "I’d love to hear from Ise",
        "the first news of the year"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "as if touching",
        "a boil, willow branches",
        "bending"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "bush warbler—",
        "behind the willow,",
        "in front of the grove"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "in the plum’s fragrance",
        "the single term “the past”",
        "holds such pathos"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "forty or fifty feet",
        "in the sky, raindrops",
        "in the willow"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "spring rain—",
        "dripping down the wasp’s nest",
        "from the leaking roof"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "spring rain—",
        "mugwort spreading out",
        "among the roadside grass"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "this dew isn’t cold— ",
        "the nectar of a",
        "peony blossom"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "hidden in the bushes,",
        "do the tea-pickers too hear it?",
        "cuckoo"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "deutzia—",
        "over it, dark, a willow",
        "bending back"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "hydrangea—",
        "and a thicket as a little garden",
        "for the cottage"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "ears of barley",
        "clutched for support:",
        "bidding farewell"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "especially when",
        "it comes into view—",
        "Fuji in Fifth Month"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "bush warbler—",
        "in a grove of bamboo shoots",
        "singing its old age"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "summer rains—",
        "a silkworm ill",
        "in the mulberry field"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "Suruga road—",
        "orange blossoms too",
        "have the scent of tea"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "summer rains:",
        "blow that sky down,",
        "Oi River"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "on a journey through the world, ",
        "tilling a small field,",
        "back and forth"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "for coolness",
        "this Hida craftsman",
        "has the blueprint"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "“the water rail calls there” ",
        "people say, and so",
        "staying over at Saya"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "coolness—",
        "naturally, the branches",
        "of a wild pine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "having carried brushwood, ",
        "the horse returns—",
        "wine casks for rice-planting"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "coolness",
        "portrayed in painting:",
        "bamboos of Saga"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "clear cascade stream—",
        "has its water been drawn up",
        "for these jelly noodles?"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "clear cascade stream— ",
        "falling into the waves,",
        "green pine needles"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "in morning dew, ",
        "dirty and cool,",
        "a mud-smeared melon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "summer night—",
        "at dawn, scattered leftovers",
        "of chilled food"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "fanning the rice,",
        "his wife prepares a special treat—",
        "the cool of evening"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "plates and bowls ",
        "too faint in twilight:",
        "evening cool"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "as autumn approaches",
        "our hearts are drawn together—",
        "a four-and-a-half mat room"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "lightning—",
        "through the face,",
        "miscanthus plumes"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "so cool:",
        "feet against a wall",
        "in a midday nap"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "a narrow path,",
        "wire grass blossoms",
        "filled with dew"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "tanabata—",
        "autumn is truly here",
        "as night begins"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the whole family",
        "white-haired, leaning on canes:",
        "a graveyard visit"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "do not think",
        "you did not count:",
        "Festival of Spirits"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "lightning—",
        "into the darkness",
        "a night-heron’s cry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the color of the wind— ",
        "planted wild,",
        "the garden in autumn"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "a village grown old:",
        "no house without",
        "a persimmon tree"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "winter melons—",
        "all of them now",
        "with changed faces"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "under the harvest moon,",
        "mist at the foot of the mountains",
        "haze over the rice paddies"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "seeming to be",
        "blossoms of the harvest moon:",
        "cotton field"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "cockscombs—",
        "with geese arriving,",
        "now deeper crimson"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "may the hokku ",
        "that come be unlike our faces:",
        "first cherry blossoms"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "new rice-straw",
        "is appearing ... with",
        "early winter showers"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "I’ll serve buckwheat",
        "while they’re blossoming:",
        "mountain path"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "departing autumn—",
        "with their hands outspread,",
        "chestnut burs"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "crying “beeeee” ... ,",
        "the lingering sound so sad:",
        "night deer"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "chrysanthemums’",
        "fragrance — in Nara, many",
        "ancient Buddhas"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "in the scent ofchrysanthemums, ",
        "climbing through the dark",
        "at festival time"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "penetrating even",
        "the lair of a wild boar—",
        "cricket’s cry"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "buying a measuring box",
        "I then changed my mind:",
        "moonviewing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "autumn already passing:",
        "in the cold drizzle",
        "a waning moon"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "autumn’s night",
        "has been struck and shattered:",
        "a genial conversation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "this road—",
        "with no one on it,",
        "autumn dusk"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "wind in the pines—",
        "swirling round the eaves",
        "as autumn ends"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "this autumn:",
        "why do I feel so old?",
        "into the clouds, a bird"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "white chrysanthemum:",
        "gazing closely,",
        "not a speck of dust"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "the moon is clear— ",
        "accompanying my boy lover",
        "frightened by a fox"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "deepening autumn:",
        "the man next door,",
        "what does he do?"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "ill on a journey:",
        "my dreams roam round",
        "over withered fields"
      ]
    },
    {
      "author":"Matsuo Basho",
      "lines":[
        "divided skirt, ",
        "rather formal wear ",
        "hardly usual for a peddler."
      ]
    }
  ]
}