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Matsuo Basho
(1644 - 1694 / Iga Province / Japan)
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  Don't imitate me

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  Don't imitate me;
it's as boring
as the two halves of a melon.


Translated by Robert Hass


Matsuo Basho

Submitted Date Monday, January 13, 2003



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Séamas Ó Súilleabháin (1/11/2010 10:26:00 PM)
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Interesting point Mark!

The ambiguity is very effective!
Though Matsuo wants to portray the blandness of imitation, and really how an imitator will take away from the original work, and his own, the image of a halved fruit seems very menacing and suggestive!
MARK L. BERRYANN (11/22/2009 10:33:00 AM)
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Was this his way of warning the imatator of the danger he was in? It feels that way.10

Mark
Maxislam Beauty (2/20/2009 6:20:00 AM)
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this is a great concept and I love the style behind it.
Maxislam Beauty (2/20/2009 6:19:00 AM)
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this is a great concept and I love the style behind it.
Maxislam Beauty (2/20/2009 6:11:00 AM)
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this is a great concept and I love the style behind it.
Maxislam Beauty (2/20/2009 6:09:00 AM)
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this is a great concept and I love the style behind it.

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