A REPUTATION EARNED. Part of the reason for the misconception about German engineering is that German automakers did, at one time, earn it. When Consumer Reports started its Long-Term Reliability Tests and Initial Quality Index tests way back in 1972, German brands like Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz came out on top.
The term hokku continues to be used in its original sense, as the opening verse of a linked poem.
Matsuo BashÅ's poetry is internationally renowned; and, in Japan, many of his poems are reproduced on monuments and traditional sites.Although BashÅ is justifiably famous in the West for his hokku, he himself believed his best work lay in leading and participating in renku.uring his lifetime, BashÅ was recognized for his works in the collaborative haikai no renga form; today, after centuries of commentary, he is recognized as the greatest master of haiku (then called hokku).