Kobayashi Issa
Born: June 15, 1763
Died: January 5, 1828 (aged 64)
Bio: Kobayashi Issa 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, a pen name meaning Cup-of-tea.
Known for:
- The spring of my life
- The stars are whispering
- Inch by Inch
- Dragonfly Haiku
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