Mizuta Masahide
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In this Japanese name, the family name is "Mizuta".
Mizuta Masahide (水田 正秀, 1657–1723) was a seventeenth century (Edo period) Japanese poet and samurai who studied under Matsuo Bashō.
Masahide practiced medicine in Zeze and led a group of poets who built the Mumyō Hut.[1][2]
[edit] Examples
Barn's burnt down
Barn's burnt down --
now
I can see the moon.
Alternate translation:[3]
Since my house burned down
I now own a better view
of the rising moon
When bird passes on
When bird passes on --
like moon,
a friend to water.
Masahide's Death Poem
while I walk on
the moon keeps pace beside me:
friend in the water
[edit] References
- ^ Ueda, Makoto. "Basho and His Interpreters." Stanford University Press. 1995. 342. Retrieved on April 14, 2009.
- ^ http://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/M/Masahide/index.htm
- ^ http://docs.rwu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1010&context=rr
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