Session 32—Haiku of Yosa Buson
Topics for this session
Autumn and winter haiku by Yosa Buson
Poems for this session
- 55 牡丹散りて打ちかさなりぬ二三片
- 56 鳥羽殿へ五六騎いそぐ野分かな
- 57 柳ちり清水かれ石ところどころ
- 58 朝がほや一輪深き淵のいろ
Details
55 牡丹散りて打ちかさなりぬ二三片
ぼたん | ちり | て | うちかさなり | ぬ | に | さん | ぺん
Collection: 『俳諧新選』 • before 1773
Author:与謝蕪村（よさぶそん）
Special requests for preparing this poem
56 鳥羽殿へ五六騎いそぐ野分かな
とばどの | へ | ご | ろつ | き | いそぐ | のわき | かな
Collection: 『夏より』 • 1768, age 53
Author:与謝蕪村（よさぶそん）
Special requests for preparing this poem
- View this for a depiction of the 鳥羽殿: Page
- Note: The Toba-dono was a removed residence (a secondary estate) of Emperor Toba and his sone Emperor Go-Shirakawa. These emperors are caught up in the upheavals of the wars that lead to the end of the Heian period and through the Gempei wars described in The Tale of Heike.
57 柳ちり清水かれ石ところどころ
やなぎ | ちり | きよみづ | かれ | いし | ところどころ
Collection: 『反古ぶさま』 • 1752, so a very early poem
Author:与謝蕪村（よさぶそん）
Special requests for preparing this poem
- View this 俳画 by Buson on this poem, and be ready to relate the image to the poem in the way we sometimes did for Bashō: Page
58 朝がほや一輪深き淵のいろ
あさがほ | や | いちりん | ふかき | ふち | の | いろ
Collection: 『落日庵句集』 • 1764-1772
Author:与謝蕪村（よさぶそん）
Special requests for preparing this poem
- View these images for 朝顔. I have selected images from Edo period works. This is probably the 朝顔 that Buson has in mind, although there are many varieties: Page 01, Page 02 (enlarge this one), Page 03, Page 04
- Note: This poem is prefaced by "The water in the mountain stream becomes deep blue when it gathers in a pool," (淵水湛如藍 淵水湛ヘテ藍ノ如シ) which is cited from the Chinese Zen classic, Blue Cliff Records.
Poems are covered in the order presented. We may not be able to discuss all poems listed. It is likely that I will add links and preparation requests as we go along, even in the last hour before class. There is no class participation grade so all of this work is optional, but interesting, and will enhance your ability to share in the session. Poem details are given in class and not repeated. Take excellent notes. They are the basis for the test. Our course goals in order of priority: 1) above all, appreciation of the poem as a poem, 2) understanding the components of the poems (the words in their function as grammar and their history in poems), 3) details of authors and collections. Prepare with these priorities in mind.