Kobayashi Issa

[Frederique]

Kobayashi Issa (小林 一茶June 15, 1763 - November 19, 1827), was a Japanese poet and lay Buddhist priest of the Jōdo Shinshū sect 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, Basho, Buson, Issa, Shiki'.
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.



Issa's portrait drawn by Muramatsu Shunpo 1772-1858 (Issa Memorial Hall, Shinano, Nagano, Japan)

Links:
- Haiku of Kobayashi Issa
- PoemHunter.Com / The World's Poetry Archive

[Frederique]

Kobayashi Issa a corrupt world in its latter days... but cherry blossoms! Source: A collection of haiku by the Japanese poet, Kobayashi  Issa

Κομπαγιάσι Ίσσα Μπορεί αυτός ο κόσμος να είναι ένα λάθος, αλλά οι κερασιές ανθίζουν