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Kobayashi Issa


Born
in Shinano-machi, Shinano Province (present-day Nagano Prefecture), Japan
June 15, 1763

Died
January 05, 1828

Genre
Poetry


Kobayashi Issa was a Japanese poet known for his haiku poems and journals. He is regarded as one of the four haiku masters in Japan, along with Bashō, Buson and Shiki. Reflecting the popularity and interest in Issa as man and poet, Japanese books on Issa outnumber those on Buson, and almost equal those on Bashō.

Although better known by his pen name Issa, he was born Kobayashi Yataro in 1763 on a farm in central Japan.

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Average rating: 4.22 · 4,608 ratings · 539 reviews · 115 distinct works • Similar authors
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Today and Today
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A Few Flies and I: Haiku by...
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The Year of My Life: A Tran...
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The Dumpling Field: Haiku o...
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The autumn wind: A selectio...
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A Taste of Issa: Haiku
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Cincuenta haikus
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Luz de otra vida
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“What a strange thing!
to be alive
beneath cherry blossoms.”
― Kobayashi Issa, Poems
tags: blossoms, cherry-blossoms, haiku, japan, life, poetry, spring
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“Summer night--
even the stars
are whispering to each other.”
― Kobayashi Issa
tags: poetry
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“Never forget:
we walk on hell,
gazing at flowers.”
― Kobayashi Issa
tags: beauty, life, old-songs, sword-sentiments, transcendence, wind
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