Kobayashi Issa
Japanese poet
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Kobayashi Issa was a Japanese poet and lay Buddhist priest of the Jōdo Shinshū. He is known for his haiku poems and journals. He is better known as simply Issa, a pen name meaning Cup-of-tea. He is regarded as one of the four haiku masters in... Wikipedia
Born: June 15, 1763, Kashiwabara
Died: January 5, 1828 (age 64 years), Shinano Province
Children: Sato
Spouse: Kobayashi Yao (m. 1826–1828), Tanaka Yuki (m. 1824–1824), and Kobayashi Kiku (m. 1814–1823)
Siblings: Senroku