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The poem above is believed to be Buson's jisei (death poem) and he is said to have died before dawn.
I examine four poet- painters associated with the Japanese literati tradition in the Edo () and Meiji ( ) periods: Yosa Buson (), Ema..
Yosa Buson
Japanese poet and painter
In this Japanese name, the surname is Yosa.
Yosa Buson or Yosa no Buson (与謝 蕪村) was a Japanese poet and painter of the Edo period.
He lived from 1716 – January 17, 1784.[1] 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,[2] working with haibun prose, and experimenting with a mixed Chinese-Japanese style of poetry.[3]
Biography
Early life, training, and travels
Buson was born in the village of Kema in Settsu Province (present-day Kema, Miyakojima Ward, Osaka).
His original family name was Taniguchi. Buson scarcely discussed his childhood, but it is commonly thought that he was the illegitimate son of the village head and a migrant worker from Yoza.[4] According to the Taniguchi family in Yosano, Kyoto, Buson was the son of a servant woman named Gen, who had come to wor