Yosa Buson

1716–1784 · Japan

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. Wikipedia

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Works

“Snowclad Houses in the Night”, 1778–1783
“Rocks”, 1741 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Autumn Landscape”, 1780 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Hanshan and Shide”, 1771 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Landscape in Light Colors”, 1775 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Travels through Mountains and Fields”, 1765 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Autumn Flowers in a Bamboo Basket”, 1764 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Scene from The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Oku no hosomichi)”, 1780 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Woman Burning Incense”, 1749 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Birds in Willows and Blossoming Peach Tree”, 1749 — Metropolitan Museum of Art
“Snow Landscape”, 1774 — Cleveland Museum of Art
“One Hundred Old Men” — Princeton Art Museum
“Three Laughers of Tiger Ravine” — Minneapolis Institute of Art
“Crows in an Old Tree” — Minneapolis Institute of Art
“Kite and two crows”, 1768 — Minneapolis Institute of Art
“Pine Tree and Rock” — Minneapolis Institute of Art
“Sea in Spring” — Minneapolis Institute of Art
“Landscape in 'Mi' Style” — Los Angeles County Museum of Art
“Spring Mountain, Passing Rain”, 1775 — Yale University Art Gallery
“Water Buffalo Returning Home”, 1781 — Cleveland Museum of Art
“Figures with Calligraphy of a Passage from the "Heike Monogatari" ("The Tales of Heike")”, 1756 — Cleveland Museum of Art
“Two Magpies on Willow and Peach Trees”, 1774 — Minneapolis Institute of Art
“Landscape with a Solitary Hut” — Minneapolis Institute of Art
“Evening Landscape with Traveler” — Minneapolis Institute of Art