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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

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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: 4.23 · 4,019 ratings · 455 reviews · 90 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Spring of My Life and Selected Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, Sam Hamill (Translator) 4.30 avg rating — 442 ratings — published 1819 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Today and Today by Kobayashi Issa, G. Brian Karas (Illustrator) 3.92 avg rating — 154 ratings — published 2007	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Boží člověk Issa: Výběr z haiku Kobajaši Issy by Kobayashi Issa, Keisai Masayoshi (Illustrator), Antonín Líman (Translator) 4.36 avg rating — 61 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cincuenta haikus 3.70 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Luz de otra vida by Kobayashi Issa, Fernando Rodríguez-Izquierdo y Gavala (Traductor) 4.26 avg rating — 31 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Issa's Best: A Translator's Selection of Master Haiku, Print Edition by Kobayashi Issa, David G. Lanoue (Translator) 4.46 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cherry Blossoms: Japanese Haiku Series III by Kobayashi Issa, Matsuo Bashō, Yosa Buson 4.50 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Os Animais by Kobayashi Issa, Joaquim M. Palma (Selec., Trad. e Introdução) 4.14 avg rating — 21 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Primeira Neve by Kobayashi Issa, Jorge Sousa Braga (Translator) 3.85 avg rating — 20 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Una Taza de Té by Kobayashi Issa, Miguel Ángel Flores (Translator) 4.18 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Kobayashi Issa (?)

“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

1684 likes

“Never forget:
we walk on hell,
gazing at flowers.”
― Kobayashi Issa

tags: beauty, life, old-songs, sword-sentiments, transcendence, wind

398 likes

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