Basho’s works are actually the most pro-female, child-centric and life affirming works in world literature. Many poems written by Basho center on sensuality, children, love, friendship, and compassion. Let’s explore some of his literary contributions:
Blessing unto Kasane: Basho’s haibun and tanka bless a newborn baby girl. To read full article, To read the haibun and tanka, please click on: https://www.basho4humanity.com/topic-description.php?ID=1525956739.
Woman Central: Basho Honors Women and Girls: A woman is the full circle. Within her is the power to create, nurture, and transform. In Woman Central- Basho honors girls and women. He shows respect towards the other gender that didn’t receive the due in a male-centric, patriarchal world. These 275 Basho verses in 20 topics are all about female life and heart. For more details, please visit www.basho4humanity.com/topic-description.php?ID=1579690133.
Praise For Women: Through his literary work- Basho shows deep respect, understanding and appreciation for women which is far beyond a thing to expect from men and a society drenched in the garb of male-domination. For more, visit https://www.basho4humanity.com/topic-category.php?Cat=3.
Love and Sex in Basho: Basho’s love and sex poems with originals in Japanese are both romantic and sensual. To know more about renku or linked verse, please visit https://www.basho4humanity.com/topic-category.php?Cat=4
Children and Teens: Basho, the poet of children, wrote many poems for both children and teenagers. To check on the verses along with Japanese originals and commentaries- you must visit https://www.basho4humanity.com/topic-category.php?Cat=5.
Most verses are not age-specific, so they have been placed according to the basic knowledge regarding child development and the difference that comes along when a child matures.
Humanity and Friendship: In Humanity Blossoms- Basho contrasts human life and death with cherry blossoms. It is observed that he may be writing about cherry blossoms, but his thoughts travel deeper to search for all aspects of human life. To know more, please click https://www.basho4humanity.com/topic-category.php?Cat=6.
To have a look at Basho Letters, click on Letters Year by Year at https://www.basho4humanity.com/topic-category.php?Cat=14
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