Matsuo Bashō-Okina Stampă Poetul itinerant-Bătrânul Matsuo Bashō

The man standing, cared for in the cane, is Matsuo Bashō, famous Japanese poet from the Edo period, famous for his haiku. He gained his existence as a teacher, but chose to give up his urban life and literary circles in favor of traveling in rural areas, where he found the insipiration for his lyrics. In the representation of Yoshitoshi, he meets two farmers celebrating the autumn festival of the Moon. They are lying on straw mats and thank the gods for the good harvest that is prefigured in tea, sake and rice dumplings next to them, urging the passers-by to join them. In the present context, the poet tells the lyrics reproduced in the cartridge, which are translated by: “from the last square of the month/await this night”