Kyorai connected with Bashō in the 1680s, at the time when the latter was developing his theories of
sabi, by which Kyorai was strongly influenced. In 1691 he was one of the compilers, together with
Nozawa Bonchō, of the
Sarumino (''Monkey's Straw Raincoat'') Bashō-school collection. After Bashō's death he produced
Kyoraishō, a rich source for the ideas of, and anecdotes about, his master. ==See also==