Background
He was born in Kanazawa, and spent most of his life in Kyoto working as a doctor.
野沢 凡兆
He was born in Kanazawa, and spent most of his life in Kyoto working as a doctor.
Bonchō was one of Matsuo Bashō"s leading disciples and, together with Kyorai, he edited the Bashō school"s Monkey"s Raincoat (Sarumino) anthology of 1689. A famous hokku by Bonchō:
市中は物のにほひや夏の月 Machinaka ha / mono no nioi ya / natsu no tsuki
Downtown
the smells of things…
summer moon(transport Sean Price).
He participated in numerous renku with Bashō and other members of his Shōmon school.