The following five haiku(s) commemorated and were written for the anniversary of Matsuo Basho's death. Matsuo Basho(1644-1694) gave high literature nature to the HAIKU. He built the haiku, travelling, and died of an illness in Osaka in the middle of the trip. He was his 51 years old. It was November (in the solar calender).

Dreams passed away
A dreary field --- withered
in November

(in Japanese)
Yume sarite
kareno ya shioru
Shigure-zuki
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Whom do you think of?
---at a last moment
A flying hawk!

(in Japanese)
Tagakoto wo
omou matsugo ya
Taka wataru
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A chilly wind
It crosses the Styx
in stark-naked!

(in Japanese)
Kogarashi ya
Sanzu wo wataru
ragyou kana
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One and now three,
Flower of Thea falls ---and
The letter's arrived

(in Japanese)
Hitotsu mitsu
cha no hana ochite
fumi kitaru
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The day of winter;
---a crow cried once
It is growing dark

(in Japanese)
Fuyu no hi ya
karasu hitotsu naki
kurenikeri