Kobayashi Issa

was a Japanese poet. He is known for his haiku poems and his journals. He is thought of as one of the four haiku masters in Japan. The others are Bashō, Buson and Shiki. 

 Other websites 
 Haiku of Kobayashi Issa A searchable online archive of 9000 haiku by David G. Lanoue. Originally housed at Xavier University of Louisiana, this archive was moved after Hurricane Katrina to its present, permanent location.
 一茶発句全集 (The complete haiku of Issa)
 一茶記念館 (Issa Memorial Museum) 

Category:1763 births
Category:1828 deaths

Category:Japanese writers
Category:Japanese poets
Category:People from Nagano Prefecture