Kobayashi Issa (1763 – 1828) was one of Japan’s most prolific poets. He left in his journals over twenty thousand haiku poems. His real name was Kobayashi Yataro, but eventually took the pen name Issa, which means “cup of tea”.
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Poem by Kobayashi Issa https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems-and-poets/poets/detail/kobayashi-issa
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