What is Kobayashi Issa?
{{Japanese name|Kobayashi}} {{For|the [[Go]] players at [[Nihon Ki-in]]|Izumi Kobayashi|Reiko Kobayashi|Chizu Kobayashi}} {{nihongo|'''Kobayashi Issa'''|小林 一茶|extra=June 15, 1763 - November 19, 1827}} was a [[Japan]]ese 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 [[Matsuo Bashō|Bashō]], [[Yosa Buson|Buson]] and [[Masaoka Shiki|Shiki]]. == Other websites == * [http://haikuguy.com/issa/ 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. * [http://www.janis.or.jp/users/kyodoshi/issaku.htm 一茶発句全集 (The complete haiku of Issa)] * [http://park3.wakwak.com/~issakinenkan/ 一茶記念館 (Issa Memorial Museum)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200510132027/http://park3.wakwak.com/~issakinenkan/ |date=2020-05-10 }} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kobayashi, Issa}} [[Category:1763 births]] [[Category:1828 deaths]] {{bio-stub}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Kobayashi, Issa}} [[Category:Japanese writers]] [[Category:Japanese poets]] [[Category:People from Nagano Prefecture]]