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selected haikus	Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827) was a Buddhist priest and one of the most important poets of haiku. He was born on June 15, 1763, in the village of Kasivabara in central Japan, the eldest son of a wealthy rural family. He lost his mother at the age of three, his father remarried and his relationship with his step mother was bad from the start. At the age of 14, his grandmother died, who was raising him, and he was forced to leave his paternal home and go to present-day Tokyo, where he did various jobs and apprenticed to some haiku teachers. In the coming years he will live wandering in Japanese cities and monasteries. When his father died he returned to his hometown as a Buddhist priest and poet. There he got involved in a court battle with his mother over his paternal property, he finally managed to get half of it and solve his livelihood problem. He got married at the age of 49, but his life was full of tragedies. His first child died shortly after birth and in the coming years he will lose two more children from childhood diseases. Issa wrote about 20,000 haiku, with his poetry firmly committed to human tragedy. He radically renewed the art of haiku, giving them a more personal style. He also wrote short stories; his poetry and prose are of the most important Japanese texts of the nineteenth century. Kobayashi Issa died on November 19, 1827, in the house where he was born. All his children had died before him.

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Issa Kobayashi 1763 - 1827 (64)

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Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827) was a Buddhist priest and one of the most important poets of haiku. He was born on June 15, 1763, in the village of Kasivabara in central Japan, the eldest son of a wealthy rural family. He lost his mother at the age of three, his father remarried and his relationship with his step mother was bad from the start.

At the age of 14, his grandmother died, who was raising him, and he was forced to leave his paternal home and go to present-day Tokyo, where he did various jobs and apprenticed to some haiku teachers. In the coming years he will live wandering in Japanese cities and monasteries. When his father died he returned to his hometown as a Buddhist priest and poet. There he got involved in a court battle with his mother over his paternal property, he finally managed to get half of it and solve his livelihood problem. He got married at the age of 49, but his life was full of tragedies. His first child died shortly after birth and in the coming years he will lose two more children from childhood diseases.

Issa wrote about 20,000 haiku, with his poetry firmly committed to human tragedy. He radically renewed the art of haiku, giving them a more personal style. He also wrote short stories; his poetry and prose are of the most important Japanese texts of the nineteenth century. Kobayashi Issa died on November 19, 1827, in the house where he was born. All his children had died before him.

Issa Kobayashi 1763 - 1827 (64) It is dawning. People wear their faces.

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Issa Kobayashi 1763 - 1827 (64)

It is dawning. People wear their faces.