Understand
å¤èã å µã©ãã 夢ã®è·¡ natsugusa ya tsuwamono-domo ga yume no ato Summer grass — all that remains of warrior dreams -- Matsuo BashÅ
During the reign of the Fujiwaras 866-1184, Hiraizumi was said to rival Kyoto in grandeur and sophistication, but now all that remains are the temples of Chusonji and Motsuji, both of which are mostly in ruins at that. Famed haiku poet Matsuo Basho penned the famous haiku quoted above, with the end result that now Basho is quite possibly more idolized in Hiraizumi than anywhere else, and you can't throw a rock in Hiraizumi without hitting a Basho statue, a Basho monument, an inscribed copy of a Basho haiku or at the very least a coffee shop waving its "As mentioned in Narrow Road to the Deep North!" banners.
