The Path of Flowering Thorn: The Life and Poetry of Yosa Buson

by Yosa Buson, Makoto Ueda, Buson Yosa

Yosa Buson (1716-83) is a towering figure in the history of haiku. A painter by profession, Buson took delight in the natural beauty of colors and forms as well as in the artistic beauty of composition. A seeker of ideals that were more aesthetic than religious or moral, he freely let his imagination wander into a land of exotic beauty far removed from contemporary society, often evoking ancient China, Heian Japan, and the world of the supernatural...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0804730423
• ISBN13: 9780804730426
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.2"