Yosa Buson

Yosa Buson or Yosa no Buson (与謝 蕪村, 1716 – January 17, 1784, or on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month, 1783) was a Japanese poet and painter of the Edo period. Along with Matsuo Bashō and Kobayashi Issa, Buson is considered among the greatest poets of the Edo Period.

Quotes

• Shiraume ni
  akaru yo bakari to
  narinikeri.
  • Of late the nights
    are dawning
    plum-blossom white.
  • Japanese Death Poems. Compiled by Yoel Hoffmann. ISBN 978-0-8048-3179-6