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{{short description|Japanese poet}}
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[[File:Shiba Sonome by Kurihara Nobumitsu.jpg|thumb|right|200px|portrait by Kurihara Nobumitsu]]
'''Shiba Sonome''' (1664–1726, 斯波 園女) was a Japanese [[zen]] [[poet]]. She was an acquaintance and friend of [[Matsuo Bashō]], and their correspondence is a treasure of zen and [[haiku]] history. On a final visit in 1694, Bashō paid homage to her in a haiku, ''hiragiku no me ni tatete miru chiri mo nashi'', 白菊の目に立てゝ見る塵もなし, in the eye of a white chrysanthemum, there is not a speck of dust.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://matsuobashohaiku.home.blog/2020/02/10/sonome-white-chrysanthemum/|title = Sonome – White Chrysanthemum|date = 10 February 2020}}</ref>

Sonome was known for the purity of her spirit and her poetry, which possessed a frank and immediate sense of purpose. Her published works include, ''Kiku no Chiri'', 菊の塵, '''Dust on Chrysanthemums'''.

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[[Category:Japanese poets]]
[[Category:1664 births]]
[[Category:1726 deaths]]
[[Category:Japanese Zen Buddhists]]
[[Category:Writers of the Edo period]]
[[Category:Japanese haiku poets]]


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