俳はい聖せい

noun

great haiku master; saint of haiku

An honorific title for a haiku poet of the highest esteem, most famously associated with Matsuo Bashō. Used in literary and historical contexts.

• 松まつ尾お芭ば蕉しょうは俳はい聖せいと称たたえられている。

  Matsuo Bashō is revered as the saint of haiku.

• 俳はい聖せいと呼よばれるほどの俳はい人じんは稀まれだ。

  Haiku poets worthy of being called a 'haiku saint' are rare.