Famous yosa buson biography for kids

In this Japanese name, the family name is Yosa.

Yosa Buson or Yosa no Buson(与謝 蕪村, 1716 – January 17, 1784) was a Japanese poet and painter of the Edo period.

Along with Matsuo Bashō and Kobayashi Issa, Buson is considered among the greatest poets of the Edo Period.

Famous yosa buson biography for kids

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.

Biography

Early life, training, and travels

Buson was born in the village of Kema in Settsu Province (present-day Kema, Miyakojima Ward, Osaka).

His original family name was Taniguchi. Buson scarcely discussed his childhood, but it is commonly thought that he was the illegitimate son of the village head and a migrant worker from Yoza. According to the Taniguchi family in Yosano, Kyoto, Buson was the son of