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Yosa Buson

1716–1784

Matsumura Goshun. Portrait made shortly before or after Buson's death in 1784. Detail.
Matsumura Goshun. Portrait made shortly before or after Buson's death in 1784. Detail.

Buson grew up near Osaka, went to Edo to study poetry and travelled through northeastern Japan following Matsuo Basho's routes. He later taught poetry in Kyoto and painted professionally. Chinese printed manuals were among his sources of instruction.

Works

Farmer Returning Home in Autumn — Yosa BusonYosa Buson

Farmer Returning Home in Autumn

Sources

Goshun (Matsumura Gekkei) · Goshun (Matsumura Gekkei), Portrait of Yosa Buson, Kyoto National Museum, A甲894; public-domain historical reproduction via Wikimedia Commons · Kyoto National Museum; independent public-domain crop via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (faithful reproduction of public-domain two-dimensional artwork) Portrait source · Licence