birth_date: 1763-06-15 00:00:00
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name: Kobayashi Issa
about: Kobayashi Issa was a Japanese poet known for his haiku poems and journals. He is regarded as one of the four haiku masters in Japan, along with Bashō, Buson and Shiki. Reflecting the popularity and interest in Issa as man and poet, Japanese books on Issa outnumber those on Buson, and almost equal those on Bashō.Although better known by his pen name Issa, he was born Kobayashi Yataro in 1763 on a farm in central Japan.
death_date: 1828-01-05 00:00:00