What is the title of the 1691 haiku anthology compiled by Bashō and his disciples?

The title of the 1691 haiku anthology compiled by Bashō and his disciples is The Monkey's Straw Raincoat. Its Japanese title is Sarumino, usually translated as “Monkey’s Raincoat” or “The Monkey’s Straw Raincoat.” The anthology was edited by Mukai Kyorai and Nozawa Bonchō under Bashō’s close supervision and published in two volumes during Japan’s Genroku period.

Sarumino is regarded as one of the finest collections of Bashō-school haikai and one of the Seven Major Anthologies of Bashō. It contains roughly 400 hokku, along with four linked-verse sequences known as kasen renku. The collection is especially important because it represents Bashō’s mature poetic style, emphasizing natural imagery, restraint, and the quiet emotional depth associated with his later work.

The title comes from a Bashō verse about the first cold rain of the season: even a monkey seems to want a small straw raincoat. A common mix-up is confusing Sarumino with Oku no Hosomichi, usually translated as The Narrow Road to the Deep North, which is Bashō’s famous travel account rather than this anthology.