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Yosa Buson

1716–1784 · Japanese

Born
1716 · Kema
Died
1784 · Heian-kyō

15 works in the Collect24 Registry

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Yosa Buson was a Japanese poet and painter of the Edo period, considered among its greatest poets. He is 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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Yosa (no) Buson (与謝 蕪村; Japanese pronunciation: [joꜜ.sa | bɯꜜ.soɴ]) 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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Selected registered works by Yosa Buson

Selected from 15 works by Yosa Buson in the Collect24 Registry.

Yosa Buson, Moon Viewing, from The Tale of Heike

Yosa Buson

Moon Viewing, from The Tale of Heike, 1700s

hanging scroll; ink and light color on paper

157.5 × 28.6 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-112003

Yosa Buson, Farmer Returning Home in Autumn

Yosa Buson

Farmer Returning Home in Autumn, 1781

Hanging scroll; ink and light color on silk

203.2 × 59.2 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-110845

Yosa Buson, Snow Landscape

Yosa Buson

Snow Landscape, mid-1770s

hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-111098

Yosa Buson, Three Laughers of Tiger Ravine

Yosa Buson

Three Laughers of Tiger Ravine, 1760s

Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

122.4 × 50.8 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-130147

Yosa Buson, Woman Burning Incense

Yosa Buson

Woman Burning Incense, 18th century

Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

102.2 × 51.6 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-129458

Yosa Buson, Scene from The Narrow Road to the Deep North

Yosa Buson

Scene from The Narrow Road to the Deep North, ca. 1780

Folding fan mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

22.6 × 28.4 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-126158

Yosa Buson, Jurōjin

Yosa Buson

Jurōjin, ca. 1758–69

Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

119.7 × 51 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-121290

Yosa Buson, Hanshan and Shide

Yosa Buson

Hanshan and Shide, early 1770s

Diptych of hanging scrolls; ink and color on paper

139.7 × 58.9 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-120993

Yosa Buson, Landscape in Light Colors

Yosa Buson

Landscape in Light Colors, 1775

Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

38.8 × 63.2 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-120177

Yosa Buson, Rocks

Yosa Buson

Rocks, late 18th century

Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

31 × 47.7 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-119983

Yosa Buson, Autumn Flowers in a Bamboo Basket

Yosa Buson

Autumn Flowers in a Bamboo Basket, 1760s

Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

214 × 27.9 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-109096

Yosa Buson, Travels through Mountains and Fields

Yosa Buson

Travels through Mountains and Fields, ca. 1765

Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on silk

158.8 × 360 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-108778

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