The Path of Flowering Thorn: The Life and Poetry of Yosa Buson - Makoto Ueda - Google Books

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Yosa Buson (1716-83) is a towering figure in the history of haiku. A painter by profession, Buson took delight in the natural beauty of colors and forms as well as in the artistic beauty of composition. A seeker of ideals that were more aesthetic than…