Lot 158: Yosa Buson (1716-1784)

Yosa Buson (1716-1784) Seven year-end poems Signed Buson and Yo Buson Hanging scroll; ink on paper 7 7/8 x 11 5/8in. (20 x 29.5cm.)

The poems written at the end of the year on a page that appears to be a diary entry, may be a tribute to the poet Matsuo Basho (1644-1694): Basho sarite sono nochi imada toshi kurezu Buson (Basho has gone but since his death I feel I will never welcome the New Year. Buson) The poems about old diaries ( furugoyomi ) and the winter moon ( kangetsu ) are: Kita ni muki hito wa mazushiki zukin kana Namamekite zashi aru sono zukin kana Toka amari hiyori tsuzukite furugoyomi Furugoyomi nagashi tomarite Kamiyagawa Furugoyomi fumuya Mishima no yadohazure Kangetsuya matsu no ochiba no ishi o ire Kangetsuya tani o cha ni kumu mine no tera