Autumn Wind Haiku: Selected Poems by Kobayashi Issa

by Kobayashi Issa, Lewis MacKenzie (translator)

From one of Japan's favorite haiku poets, this selection of his best works comes in both English and the original language, accompanied by a commentary and short biography written by a gifted and enthusiastic translator.

Genres: Poetry, Japan, Japanese Literature

137 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 1984

About the 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.

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