中々にひとりあればぞ月を友 蕪村 nakanaka ni hitori areba zo tsuki o tomo because I'm all alone the moon is my friend —Buson (trans. David LaSpina[1]) (woodblock print by Tsuchiya Koitsu) Buson is not talking about

みじか夜や足跡浅き由比ヶ浜　蕪村 mijika yo ya ashiato asaki yui-ga-hama short summer night faint footprints on the sand Yui-ga-hama —Buson (trans. David LaSpina[1]) (Print by Arai Yoshimura) The last line—Yui-ga-hama—refers

學問は尻からぬけるほたる哉 gakumon wa shiri kara nukeru hotaru kana great learning quick to vanish like the light of a firefly —Buson trans. David LaSpina[1] That is a painting by Buson to go along with the poem. Buson