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Kobayashi Issa, born Kobayashi Yatarō, was a Japanese poet, painter, and writer. He lived from June 15, 1763, to January 5, 1828. His name in kana is こばやし いっさ, and in his native language, it is written as 小林一茶. He was a male who practiced the Jōdo Shinshū worldview and spoke Japanese.
Issa is associated with the haikai genre and suffered from periodontitis. He is listed as an author under the name Kobayashi, Issa. Open Library records indicate a work count of 55. His notable works include 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.
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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.