7. Yosa Buson (1716-1783)Nanga
Shûkei sansui - Autumn landscapeSigned: Sha Shunsei
Seals: Sha Chôkô, Sha Shunsei
Technique: colours on silk, 106.1 x 39
Date: Winter of 1772
Mounting: brown gold brocade and brownblue brocade
188 x 49.2
Condition: very good
Compare:
Buson Zenshû vol. 6 1998 # 229
Buson Zenshû vol. 6 1998 # 58 (1760)
(same asTokyo 1930-11-10 # 26)
Buson was a painter as well as a haiku poet and equally proficient in both disciplines. Together with Taiga (1723-1776) he is known as one the establishers of Nanga painting and the bunjin movement; as a haiku poet he is considered the true successor of Matsuo Bashō (1644-1694) and along with Bashō and Kobayashi Issa (1763–1828), he is regarded among the greatest poets of the Edo Period.
Apart from his landscapes, he is notable for the empathy and social-mindedness of his paintings of human figures.
Buson was born in the village of Kema in Settsu Province (now Kema-chō, Miyakojima Ward in Osaka city).
Around the age of 20, Buson moved to Edo accompanying Hayano Hajin (Yahantei) (1676–1742), a haiku student of Enomoto Kikaku (1661–1707) who had studied with Bashô. After Hajin died, Buson moved to Ibaraki prefecture and in 1743 travelled to northern Honshū following in the footsteps of Bashō on “The Narrow Road to the Interior”, Oku no Hosomichi. After his retrurn at the age of 36 (1751) Buson returned to Kyoto to study paintings and became strongly influenced by Sakaki Hyakusen (1698-1752). Six years later he definately settled down in Kyoto and married three years later. In 1772 Go Shun (1752-1811) and Ki Baitei (1734-1810) moved in as uchi deshi (resident student). The last decade he suffered severe illness problems. At the end of his life both Go Shun and Baitei returned to help him and his family.
Reference:
Buson Zenshû vol. 6
Itsuo 2003
Miho 2008
Miho 2015
French ‘74
etc.
Price: SOLD