Kobayashi Issa





Kobayashi Issa

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

died
January 05, 1828

gender
male

genre


About this author

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.


Average rating: 4.31 · 874 ratings · 74 reviews · 27 distinct works · Similar authors
The Spring of My Life and S...
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4.57 of 5 stars 4.57 avg rating — 61 ratings — published 1997
A Few Flies And I: Haiku
4.3 of 5 stars 4.30 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions
The Dumpling Field: Haiku O...
4.73 of 5 stars 4.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1991
The Year of My Life
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4.7 of 5 stars 4.70 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1973 — 2 editions
Inch by Inch: 45 Haiku by Issa
4.09 of 5 stars 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions
Cup-of-Tea Poems: Selected ...
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1991
Poems
4.8 of 5 stars 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2004
Boží člověk Issa
4.8 of 5 stars 4.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2006
Haiku
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
Cincuenta haikus
3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2005
More books by Kobayashi Issa…
“What a strange thing!
to be alive
beneath cherry blossoms.”
Kobayashi Issa, Poems

“Summer night--
even the stars
are whispering to each other.”
Kobayashi Issa

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

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