Kobayashi Issa





Kobayashi Issa

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

died
January 05, 1828

gender
male

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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.


Average rating: 4.30 · 164 ratings · 42 reviews · 23 distinct works
The Spring of My Life and S...
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4.61 of 5 stars 4.61 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 1997
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Today And Today
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A Few Flies And I: Haiku
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The Year of My Life
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4.67 of 5 stars 4.67 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1973 — 2 editions
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The Dumpling Field: Haiku O...
4.5 of 5 stars 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1991
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Cup-of-Tea Poems: Selected ...
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4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1991
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Inch by Inch: 45 Haiku by Issa
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1999
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Haiku
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
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Primeira Neve
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Pár much a já
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4.67 of 5 stars 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1996
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More books by Kobayashi Issa…
“Summer night--
even the stars
are whispering to each other.”
Kobayashi Issa

“What a strange thing!
to be alive
beneath cherry blossoms.”
Kobayashi Issa, Poems

“Here
I'm here-
the snow falling.”
Kobayashi Issa

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