Taniguchi Buson

Taniguchi Buson (1715-1783) was a Japanese painter and poet also known as Yosa Buson. Paintings followed the Naga school, and his poetry, the school of haiku master Basho.

Wisdom & Quotes

• What piercing cold I feel!

My dead wife's come, in our bedroom,
Under my heel.

• On the temple bell,

Perching sleeps
The butterfly, Oh!

Israel Putnam