HISTORY OF HAIKU 10 haikuists and their works Previous Page Chapter 4 Shiki Masaoka (1867 ~ 1902) Shiki Masaoka appeared in the haiku world as the critic to Basho Matsuo. Shiki criticized Basho's famous haikus in his criticism Basho Zatsudan (Miscellanies about Basho). He didn't deny Basho's all works, but he reproached his hokkus for lack of poetic purity and for having explanatory prosaic ...