Piping autumn wind

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Translated from Complete Basho Haiku in Japanese by Dmitri N. Smirnov in 2003. Piping autumn wind was written by Matsuo Basho in 1666. Basho was considered the master of the haiku poetry form.
An illustration for the story Piping autumn wind by the author Matsuo Basho
Kanō Eitoku, Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons, 16th century
An illustration for the story Piping autumn wind by the author Matsuo Basho
Kanō Eitoku, Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons, 16th century
An illustration for the story Piping autumn wind by the author Matsuo Basho
Рiping autumn wind
blows with wild piercing voice
through the sliding door...

Japanese: あきかぜのやりどのくちやとがりごえ akikaze no / yarido no kuchi ya / togari goe

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