For those with a taste for Japan, Basho enthusiasts and the growing number of haiku poets and readers alike, here is a rare glimpse into a man who may now be reappraised as the ‘favourite uncle’ guardian of Japan’s quiet soul.

List of Contributors; 1. Introduction – Shepherd’s Purse: A Weed for Basho; 2. An Offering of Tea; 3. Basho and I: The Significance of Basho 300 Years after his Death; 4. Representation of Basho in the Arts & Media; 5. Basho has been Found: His Influence on Modern Japanese Poetry; 6. Laughter in Japanese Haiku; 7. One Hundred Blyths; 8. Haiku in the Year 2094; 9. A Haiku Meditation; 10. Swiftly Flowing: British Haiku Society River Thames; 11. Poetry for the Computer Age: Antidote for Anomie; 12. Fifty Basho Haiku for the Sky: BHS Primrose Hill Balloon-Launching Ceremony; 13. In the Autumn Wind – Offa’s Dyke: A Haiku Travel Journal; Index to Basho’s Haiku quoted in this book