Highways at the time of Bashō’s Narrow Road to the Deep North

1. Highways at the time of Bashō’s Narrow Road to the Deep North

2. Examples of nanga paintings by Buson Calligraphy and painting by Buson

3. Examples of nanga paintings by Buson Calligraphy and painting by Buson

4. Examples of nanga paintings by Buson Calligraphy and painting by Buson

5. Examples of nanga paintings by Buson Calligraphy and painting by Buson

6. LineagesTeimon School: founded by Matsunaga Teitokuhanded toKitamura Kiginto Bashō (who then creates the Bashō School)

7. LineagesBashō disciples are many. Of those Buson’s lineage is EnomotoKikaku to HayanoHajin to Buson, who creates what is called the Tenmei Style (天明調)

8. LineagesIssa is distinct from the Bashō-Buson line: Another disciple of Kitamura Kigin is Yamaguchi Sodōand Issa traces back to him. (Blue line)

9. (winter) 11Straw sandal half sunk in an old pond in the sleety snow (summer) 10In an old wella fish leaps at mosquitoes—a sound of darkness In the cowbarn, the sound of mosquitoes is dark. Lingering heat. (winter)9Inheriting one of our ancestor’s versesamong fallen leavesa froggrowing old furuike no / kawazuoiyuku / ochiba kana furuido ya / ka ni tobuuo no / otokurashi (ushibeya ni / ka no koe kuraki / zanshokana) furuike ni / zōrishizumite / mizore kana Old pond Frog jumps in Sound of water Furuike ya Kawazu tobi komu Mizu no oto

10. Matsuo Bashō / Yosa Buson Regarding the “Bashō is subjective / Buson is objective” binary: Bashō’s death poem Ill on a journey: My dreams roam round Over withered fields Tabi ni yandeyme ha kareno o kakemeguru Buson’s death poem from now on every night will dawn with white plum blossoms shiraume ni akuru yo bakari to narinikeru

11. 1New Yearthe morning light flashesoff the head of a sardine

12. 1New Yearthe morning light flashesoff the head of a sardine

13. 2Breaking off a plum branchI bemoan my wrinkled hands. Fragrance!

14. 3In a woman’s companyI would go pay my respects at the Royal Palaceby the light of the hazy moon

15. 3In a woman’s companyI would go pay my respects at the Royal Palaceby the light of the hazy moon Calligraphy and painting by Buson

16. 3In a woman’s companyI would go pay my respects at the Royal Palaceby the light of the hazy moon Calligraphy and painting by Buson

17. 3In a woman’s companyI would go pay my respects at the Royal Palaceby the light of the hazy moon Calligraphy and painting by Buson

18. 3In a woman’s companyI would go pay my respects at the Royal Palaceby the light of the hazy moon Calligraphy and painting by Buson

19. 4Gazing across a fieldMist rises from the grasses.With no one to shareof silent waters—this evening dusk!

20. 5Warm air shimmersA man fondles tenderlyThe soil in a straw basket

21. 6Met Matahei!Omuro in its grandeur.Met Matahei!Omuro in full bloom.

22. 6Prose portion:The scattering of cherry blossoms in the capital is similar to the appearance of chalk white flaking off a painting by Mitsunobu (Crowley trans.) Calligraphy and painting by Buson 1777 This gourd, now empty, was once full of sake.

23. 6Met Matahei!Omuro in its grandeur.Have I run into Matabei?Blossoms at Omoruat their height(Crowley trans.) Calligraphy and painting by Buson

25. 7As Saga’s lamps grow dim, how sweet the cherry blossom

26. As Saga’s lamps grow dim, how sweet the cherry blossom

27. 8Spring night!At my pillow,The sound of waves.

28. 8Spring night!At my pillow,The sound of waves. Calligraphy and painting by Buson

29. 8Spring night!At my pillow,The sound of waves. Calligraphy and painting by Buson