Bajiao
    (Basho, Jap.)

    Basho was a very famous
    Japanese haiku poet, c.1650, his
    poetry steeped in Zen experience.

    There is also a Korean Zen
    master that uses this name,
    Bajiao Huiqing, who came to
    China to study, c. 900.

    These two characters mean
    "banana tree".
                 oshobob  The Living Workshop                                            
                                            Chinese characters in Zen