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Kobayashi Issa
![Issa's portrait drawn by Muramatsu Shunpo 1772-1858 (Issa Memorial Hall, [[Shinano, Nagano]], Japan)](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bd/Kobayashi_Issa-Portrait.jpg)
was a
Japanese poet and lay Buddhist priest of the
Jōdo Shinshū. He is known for his
haiku poems and journals. He is better known as simply , a pen name meaning Cup-of-tea (lit. "one [cup of] tea"). He is regarded as one of the four haiku masters in Japan, along with
Bashō,
Buson and
Shiki — "the Great Four."
Reflecting the popularity and interest in Issa as man and poet, Japanese books on Issa outnumber those on Buson and almost equal in number those on Bashō.
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