Yosa Buson

1716 — 1784

poet and painter from Japan (1716–1784)

Yosa (no) Buson was a Japanese poet and painter of the Edo period. He lived from 1716 – January 17, 1784. Along with Matsuo Bashō and Kobayashi Issa, Buson is considered among the greatest poets of the Edo Period. He is also known for completing haiga as a style of art, working with haibun prose, and experimenting with a mixed Chinese-Japanese style of poetry.

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Crows in an Old Tree

Evening Landscape with Traveler

Landscape with a Solitary Hut

Narrow Road to the Deep North

One Hundred Old Men

Pine Tree and Rock

Rocks

Sea in Spring

Three Laughers of Tiger Ravine

Birds in Willows and Blossoming Peach Tree

Figures with Calligraphy of a Passage from the "Heike Monogatari" ("The Tales of Heike")

Kite and two crows

Landscape in 'Mi' Style

Snowclad Houses in the Night

Woman Burning Incense

Buson yōkai emaki

Autumn Flowers in a Bamboo Basket

Travels through Mountains and Fields

Hanshan and Shide

Snow Landscape

Two Magpies on Willow and Peach Trees

Landscape in Light Colors

Spring Mountain, Passing Rain

Autumn Landscape

Scene from The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Oku no hosomichi)

Water Buffalo Returning Home

Scholar’s Mountain Retreat in Autumn

Three Crows in Snow

Travelers in a Winter Landscape

Scholar's Retreat in a Bamboo Grove

Four Rocks