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Kobayashi Issa
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thumb|right|On a branchfloating downrivera cricket, singing.
Kobayashi Issa (小林 一茶; 1763-1828) was a Japanese poet. He is regarded as one of the four haiku masters of Japan, along with Matsuo Bashō, Yosa Buson and Masaoka Shiki.
Quotes
Everything I touchwith tenderness, alas,pricks like a bramble.
Haiku Harvest: Japanese Haiku Series IV, Beilenson, Peter; Behn, Harry (1962), p. 20
A world of grief and painOh God, but flowers bloom, even then.
O'Connor, C. (2013). The Courage to Love: Surviving and Thriving in Your Relationship
On a branchfloating downrivera cricket, singing.
Translation of Jane Hirshfield
See also
Saigyo
Shotetsu
Basho
Masaoka Shiki
External links
Category:Poets from Japan
Category:1763 births
Category:1828 deaths