Yosa Buson: A Master of Haiku and Painting

Detail from Fugaku resshō zu (Mount Fuji Beyond Pine Trees). (Courtesy of the Kimura Teizō Collection at Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art)

Fugaku resshō zu (Mount Fuji Beyond Pine Trees). (Courtesy of the Kimura Teizō Collection at Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art)

Buson’s illustration for his disciple Taisen’s haiku. (Courtesy Waseda University Library)