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Yosa Buson or Yosa no Buson 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. Wikipedia  

✵ 1716 – 25. December 1783
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“Calligraphy of geese
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Japanese Death Poems. Compiled by Yoel Hoffmann. ISBN 978-0-8048-3179-6

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