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- Eternity, in time, generations, voyagers
- This is an allusion to a work by the Chinese poet Li Po.
- Road, travelling, journey, journeyed
- Basho's respected models all died on the road; Saigyo at Kawachi, Sogi at Hakone Yumoto, Li Po at Kiukiang, and Tu Fu who died at Lake Dotei. Where did Noin die?
- Corner, road gods, Dosojin, spirits of the road
- The Dosojin are pairs of male and female deities that protect travellers. These statues are located beside the roads.
- Pillar, hut, cottage
- A renga would be written on multiple sheets of paper with the first eight verses coming on the first page, so that is what Basho posted up. This renga no longer exists.
- Dolls, well, house
- By using the line "hina no ie" Basho suggests that whoever moves into this place has either a wife or a daughter. Since Basho has neither, the poem expreses how different his situation is from that of the new occupant.
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