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Basho Matsuo The Greatest Haiku Poet in Edo Period

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Gyotoku and Yawata appear on the essay 'Kasshima Mode (Visiting Kashima Jingu Shrine at Kashima in Ibaraki prefecture)' written by Basho Matsuo, the greatest haiku poet in Edo period.
August 14th of 1687, Basho took his disciples Sora and Soha to his trip to Kashima Jingu Shrine. They took a boat on from Fukagawa Edo to Gyotoku Shimousa, and he started the trip on foot. They walked on Gyotoku Kaido Highway to Yawata, then they went on Sakura Kaido Highway (now Route 14 or Chiba Kaido Highway) to the east, then they turned to the north so they went on Kioroshi Kaido Highway to visit the shrine. Even though there are any paragraphs that they took some rest along the highways, Basho and his disciples migt call on shops to take their breaks. Gyotoku had been a very prosperous town in Edo period, Sasaya Udon Shop and Nakayama Konnyaku produced near Nakayama Hokekyoji Temple were very famous among people in Edo, and also several inns were there along the roads in the town. Moreover, Senbon Icho Gingko Tree and Yawata no Yabushirazu has been famous noted spots in Yawata since Edo period. And a monument inscribed his haiku poem stands in Busshosan Hozenji Temple in the town.
In this page, some noted landmarks that Basho Matsuo had passed by during his trip to Kashima Jingu Shrine and a temple having his monument are introduced. Why don't you visit them?

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The Noted Spots Where Basho Matsuo Past By

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