Talk:Kobayashi Issa

message: This article contains several translations of Issa's poems.  Could someone please note the identify of the translators. Patiwat 23:53, 4 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Translations 

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thread_title: Formatting problems

message: I did a Google image search and found a picture of Issa (same picture on several web sites). It looks like it's from an old Japanese painting. Probably no copyright. I don't know how to upload it. Would be nice if someone who knows how could do it.114.161.79.57 (talk) 13:55, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: "Probably no copyright" won't cut it. You'll need to establish the position unequivocally. See WP:UPIMAGE --Yumegusa (talk) 14:41, 30 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image of Issa 

message: The lead says "Japanese poet and Buddhist priest" but this is a misunderstanding, Issa never was a monk or a priest. He jokingly declared himself, "Priest Issa of Haiku Temple" ("Haikai Temple's Lay Brother One-Cup-of-Tea", really) but that was only related to his practice of poetry.
Cf. online:
* « Possibly Issa also worked as a clerk at a Buddhist temple. [...] In 1792 he gave up the name Yataro and took the pen name Issa, Haikai-ji Nyudo Issa-bo (Temple of Haiku Lay Brother Issa). In one poem he said: "With spring's arrival, / Yataro becomes reborn / as Issabo". » <http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/koba.htm>
* « Though his real name was Kobayashi Yatarô, he chose Issa (Cup-of-Tea) as his haiku name. He called himself "Shinano Province's Chief Beggar" and "Priest Cup-of-Tea of Haiku Temple." » <http://haikuguy.com/issa/aboutissa.html>
Also, the lead should mention that he's better known as just Issa, which means Cup-of-Tea ("One [cup of] Tea", really). 62.147.37.95 (talk) 17:01, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not a priest 

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message: Japanese Wikipedia doesn't say anything like this 165.76.253.137 (talk) 14:54, 26 November 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  priest of jodo shikshu?