Passing Through The World Poem by Matsuo Basho

'' In the waka of Saigyo, the renga of Sogi, the paintings of Sesshu and the tea ceremony of Rikyu, one fundamental principle runs through all arts: those who pursue art follow zôka, and have the four seasons as their companion.... '' [Matsuo Basho]

born 223 years before Basho, the Japanese poet Sōgi was a Zen monk and he is considered the greatest master of ushin renga poetry [orthodox collaborative linked verse] that, in his time, was typically 100 verses in length.