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Artists›Yosa Buson

Yosa Buson

1716–1784

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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. 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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Artworks (12)

Scene from The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Oku no hosomichi)

1780 · Folding fan mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

Image: 8 7/8 × 11 3/16 in. (22.6 × 28.4 cm) Overall with mounting: 40 in. × 20 15/16 in. (101.6 × 53.2 cm) Overall with knobs: 40 × 23 3/8 in. (101.6 × 59.3 cm)

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与謝蕪村筆　浅絳山水図|Landscape in Light Colors

1775 · Hanging scroll; ink and light color on silk

Image: 15 1/4 × 24 7/8 in. (38.8 × 63.2 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Landscape in Light Colors

1775 · Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

Image: 15 1/4 × 24 7/8 in. (38.8 × 63.2 cm) Overall with mounting: 53 15/16 × 34 1/8 in. (137 × 86.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Hanshan and Shide

1771 · Diptych of hanging scrolls; ink and color on paper

Image (each): 55 × 23 3/16 in. (139.7 × 58.9 cm) Overall with mounting (each): 84 1/4 × 27 5/16 in. (214 × 69.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Travels through Mountains and Fields

1765 · Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on silk

Image (each): 62 1/2 in. × 11 ft. 9 3/4 in. (158.8 × 360 cm) Overall (each): 63 7/8 in. × 11 ft. 11 1/16 in. (162.2 × 363.4 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Autumn Flowers in a Bamboo Basket

1764 · Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

Image: 84 1/4 in. × 11 in. (214 × 27.9 cm) Overall with mounting: 73 3/4 × 15 1/2 in. (187.3 × 39.4 cm) Overall with knobs: 73 3/4 × 17 5/8 in. (187.3 × 44.8 cm)

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与謝蕪村筆秋草花竹籃図 |Autumn Flowers in a Bamboo Basket

1760 · Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

Image: 84 1/4 in. × 11 in. (214 × 27.9 cm)

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Three Laughers of Tiger Valley

1760 · Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

Image: 48 3/16 in. × 20 in. (122.4 × 50.8 cm) Overall with mounting: 77 9/16 × 26 1/8 in. (197 × 66.4 cm) Overall with knobs: 77 9/16 × 28 5/8 in. (197 × 72.7 cm)

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与謝蕪村筆山野行旅図屏風|Travels through Mountains and Fields

1755 · Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink and color on silk

Image (each): 62 1/2 in. × 11 ft. 9 3/4 in. (158.8 × 360 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Rocks

1741 · Hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

Image: 12 3/16 × 18 3/4 in. (31 × 47.7 cm) Overall with mounting: 44 5/16 × 21 3/16 in. (112.5 × 53.8 cm) Overall with knobs: 44 5/16 × 24 13/16 in. (112.5 × 63 cm)

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与謝蕪村筆　柳緑桃紅図|Birds in Willows and Blossoming Peach Tree

1716 · Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

51 1/2 × 24 5/8 in. (130.8 × 62.5 cm)

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与謝蕪村筆　奥の細道図扇面|Scene from The Narrow Road to the Deep North

1600 · Folding fan mounted as a hanging scroll; ink and color on paper

Image: 8 7/8 × 11 3/16 in. (22.6 × 28.4 cm)

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Scene from The Narrow Road to the Deep North (Oku no hosomichi)
1780 · Met · 3 prov
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Rocks
1741 · Met · 3 prov
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Autumn Flowers in a Bamboo Basket
1764 · Met · 3 prov
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Hanshan and Shide
1771 · Met · 3 prov
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Landscape in Light Colors
1775 · Met · 3 prov
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Travels through Mountains and Fields
1765 · Met · 3 prov
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Moon Viewing, from The Tale of Heike (1700s)

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