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Quote by Yosa Buson

“Lighting one candle with another candle- spring evening”

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A renowned poet of the Edo period in Japan, Yosa Buson is hailed as the master of haiku. Born in 1716 and died on December 25, 1783, Buson's poetry is characterized by its simplicity, clarity, and profoundness, which had a profound impact on the development of haiku in later generations. more

“O Thou steeled Cognizance whose leap commits The agile precincts of the lark’s return; Within whose lariat sweep encinctured sing In single chrysalis the many twain — Of stars Thou art the stitch and stallion glow And like an organ, Thou, with sound of doom — Sight, sound and flesh Thou leadest from time’s realm As love strikes clear direction for the helm”

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Book:The bridge

Source: The bridge

“His Holiness the Abbot is shitting in the withered fields”

Poem Haiku

Author:Yosa Buson

“Fame is the one that does not stay It's occupant must die Or out of sight of estimate Ascend incessantly Or be that most insolvent thing A Lightning in the Germ Electrical the embryo But we demand the Flame”

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Author:Emily Dickinson

Quote by Yosa Buson

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