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Kobayashi Issa (1763–1828) was a Japanese poet, painter, and writer. Born Kobayashi Yatarō, he was a male citizen of Japan who spoke Japanese and practiced Jōdo Shinshū. His literary work focused on the haikai genre. He suffered from periodontitis.
Issa is associated with several publications, including *Luz de otra vida*, *Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Platinum*, *Prentice Hall Literature--The British Edition--Volume II*, *Prentice Hall Literature - Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes - The British Tradition*, and *Die letzten Tage meines Vaters*. His writings include the lines: "Everything I touchwith tenderness, alas,pricks like a bramble.", "A world of grief and painOh God, but flowers bloom, even then.", and "On a branchfloating downrivera cricket, singing."
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1763
- Died
- 1827
- Works
- 55
Top works
- Luz de otra vida
- Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Platinum
- Prentice Hall Literature--The British Edition--Volume II
- Prentice Hall Literature - Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes - The British Tradition
- Die letzten Tage meines Vaters
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Key facts
- Born
- Kobayashi Nobuyuki ( 小林 信之 ) , ( 1763-06-15 ) June 15, 1763, Near Shinano-machi , Shinano Province , Japan
- Died
- January 5, 1828 (1828-01-05) (aged 64), Shinano-machi, Shinano Province, Japan
- Pen name
- Issa ( 一茶 )
- Occupation
- Poet
- Nationality
- Japanese
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Kobayashi
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Japan
- Languages spoken
- Japanese
- Religion
- Jōdo Shinshū
- Genre
- haikai
- Image
- Kobayashi Issa-Portrait.jpg
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- Commons category
- Kobayashi Issa
- date of birth
- 1763-06-15
- date of death
- 1828-01-05
- name in kana
- こばやし いっさ
- name in native language
- 小林一茶
- medical condition
- periodontitis
- birth name
- 小林 弥太郎
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Encyclopedic overview
Kobayashi Issa (小林 一茶; June 15, 1763 – January 5, 1828) was a Japanese poet. He is known for his haiku poems and journals. He is better known as simply Issa (一茶), a pen name meaning Cup-of-tea (lit. "one [cup of] tea"). He is regarded as one of the four haiku masters in Japan, along with Bashō, Buson and Shiki — "the Great Four."
Reflecting the popularity and interest in Issa as man and poet, Japanese books on Issa outnumber those on Buson and almost equal in number those on Bashō.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kobayashi Issa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.