The old man
cutting barley--
bent like a sickle.
The old man
About the poet
Yosa Buson
1716 - 1783/JapaneseYosa Buson, or Yosa no Buson (与謝蕪村), was a Japanese poet and painter from the Edo period. Along with Matsuo Bashō and Kobayashi Issa, Buson is considered among the greatest poets of the Edo Period. Buson was born in the village of Kema in…
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Washing the ***
Washing the ***--ripples on the water;
The behavior of the pigeon
The behavior of the pigeonis beyond reproach,
White blossoms of the pear
White blossoms of the pearand a woman in moonlight
Lighting one candle
Lighting one candlewith another candle--
Blown from the west
Blown from the west,fallen leaves gather
