![Matsuo Basho's "Masaya Sincerity" and Ihara Nishizuru's "Heart of the World"[fig]](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACwAAAAAAQABAAACAkQBADs=)
The wilderness grass and trees are withered, and who picks the thatched flowers. A small wooden comb is left behind. ——Ihara Nishizuru Izuru (1642-1693) Learned haiku from Sadamon at the age of fifteen, and later studied under Nishiyama Muneyoshi.
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