
#theagedmothermatsuobasho… Also known as The Story of the Aged Mother, The Aged Mother by Matsuo Basho, a Japanese folktale, tells the story of an unkind ruler who issues cruel orders, including one demand that all old folks are to be abandoned and left to die. Basho tells a poignant story about a mother and her […]

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