Yosa Buson Quotes

• Lighting one candle
  from another -
  Winter night

  Yosa Buson

  Winter, Night, Lighting

  50 Copy quote

• What you want to acquire, you should dare to acquire by any means. What you want to see, even though it is with difficulty, you should see. You should not let it pass, thinking there will be another chance to see it or acquire it. It is quite unusual to have a second chance to materialize your desire.

  Yosa Buson

  Mean, Thinking, Second Chance

  15 Copy quote

• Throw open your window and let the scenery of clouds and sky enter your room.

  Yosa Buson

  Clouds, Sky, Rooms

  40 Copy quote

• I came to the flowers; I slept beneath them; this was my leisure.

  Yosa Buson

  Flower, Leisure

  12 Copy quote

• Grasses are misty, The waters silent- A tranquil evening.

  Yosa Buson

  Nature, Water, Evening

  15 Copy quote

• In the spring rain, The pond and the river Have become one.

  Yosa Buson

  Spring, Rain, Rivers

  18 Copy quote

• Calligraphy of geese
  against the sky-
  the moon seals it.

  Yosa Buson

  Moon, Sky, Calligraphy

  Yosa Buson, “Calligraphy Of Geese”

  11 Copy quote

• In pale moonlight / the wisteria's scent / comes from far away.

  Yosa Buson

  Scent, Far Away, Moonlight

  21 Copy quote

• In the water bucket a melon and an eggplant nodding to each other

  Yosa Buson

  Eggplant, Vegetables, Water

  15 Copy quote

• Young leaves The sound of a waterfall Heard from far and near.

  Yosa Buson

  Nature, Sound, Waterfalls

  80 Copy quote

• in my garden I pick a musk melon feeling like a thief

  Yosa Buson

  Garden, Vegetables, Feelings

  8 Copy quote

• In lantern-light My yellow Chrysanthemums Lost all their color

  Yosa Buson

  Fall, Light, Color

  17 Copy quote

• The spring sea rising and falling, rising and falling all day.

  Yosa Buson

  Spring, Fall, Sea

  Yosa Buson, “The Spring Sea Rising”

  7 Copy quote

• The end of spring- the poet is brooding about editors.

  Yosa Buson

  Summer, Spring, Editors

  Yosa Buson, “The End Of Spring”

  6 Copy quote

• White dew- one drop on each thorn

  Yosa Buson

  Flower, White, Dew

  7 Copy quote

• The sea at springtime.All day it rises and falls,yes, rises and falls.

  Yosa Buson

  Fall, Sea, Springtime

  7 Copy quote

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