Yosa Buson

Yosa Buson Yosa no Buson or (Japanese与 谢 芜 村; * 1716 in Kema, Settsu Province, now city district in Osaka, † January 17, 1784 in Kyoto ) was a Japanese poet and painter from the Edo period. With Matsuo Bashō, Kobayashi Issa and Masaoka Shiki he is one of the " Big Four " of Japanese haiku poetry. His real last name was Taniguchi.

Life

Around the age of 20 years came Buson to Edo (now Tōkyō ) and learned the art of poetry under the guidance of the haiku master Hayano Hajin. After his death he went to the province of Shimo -Usa (now Ibaraki Prefecture). Following the example of his idol, Matsuo Bashō Buson went on a journey through the wilderness of northern Honshu, which Bashō his time to his famous Oku no hosomichi (奥 の 細道On remote paths into the hinterland ) had inspired. First was his poet - pseudonym Saicho. In 1744 he signed his first haiku and his travel notes for the first time under his own name.

After further extensive travels through various parts of the country, including the province of Tango ( the northern part of present-day Kyoto Prefecture) and the province of Sanuki ( Kagawa Prefecture on Shikoku ), located Buson settled in Kyoto at the age of 42 years. Around this time he began to write under the name of Yosa. Probably headed Buson this name from the birthplace of his mother ( Yosa in the province of Tango) from, proves this is not.

Buson married at the age of 45 years and had a daughter, Kuno. Since then he has lived in Kyoto, wrote and taught in Sumiya Ryokan. In 1770 he took the name Yahantei II (夜半 亭). Yahantei the stage name of his teacher Hajin had been. Thus began his official career as a haikai master. Buson it reached that the haikai poetry again became the literary significance of the Genroku period. He sparked a " Back -to- Bash - movement ", stood in the center of the circle of poets led by him.

Buson was his life also picturesque active and belongs beside Ike no Taiga of the leading artists in the Nanga style. Buson died at the age of 68 years. His grave is located near the temple Kompuku -ji in Kyoto.

Haiku

菜の花 や 月 は 東 に 日 は 西 に

Na no hana ya tsuki wa higashi ni hi wa nishi ni

Rape blossoms! the moon in the east the sun in the west