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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 · 4,488 ratings · 527 reviews · 116 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Spring of My Life and Selected Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, Sam Hamill (Translator) 4.30 avg rating — 464 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) 3.91 avg rating — 152 ratings — published 2007 — 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
	A Few Flies and I: Haiku by Issa by Kobayashi Issa, R.H. Blyth (Translator), Nobuyuki Yuasa (Translator) 4.26 avg rating — 101 ratings — 5 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
	The Year of My Life: A Translation of Issa's Oraga Haru by Kobayashi Issa, Nobuyuki Yuasa (Translator), Hyoinkyo Itsuen (Preface) 4.21 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 1973 — 8 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
	The Dumpling Field: Haiku of Issa 4.29 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 1991 — 3 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
	The autumn wind: A selection from the poems of Issa by Kobayashi Issa, Lewis MacKenzie (translator) 3.92 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 1984 — 6 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
	Boží člověk Issa: Výběr z haiku Kobajaši Issy by Kobayashi Issa, Keisai Masayoshi (Illustrator), Antonín Líman (Translator) 4.35 avg rating — 62 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
	A Taste of Issa: Haiku by Kobayashi Issa, David Lanoue (Translator) 4.44 avg rating — 55 ratings — 3 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
	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) 4.30 avg rating — 33 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

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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

1682 likes

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

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

396 likes

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