Kobayashi Issa Quotes

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• In the cherry blossom's shade there's no such thing as a stranger.

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  Flower, Japan, Shade

  95 Copy quote

• In this world
  we walk on the roof of hell
  gazing at flowers

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  Flower, Gazing, World

  Kobayashi Issa, “In This World”

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• What a strange thing! to be alive beneath cherry blossoms.

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  Spring, Alive, Strange

  Kobayashi Issa, “What A Strange Thing”

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• Don't worry, spiders,
  I keep house
  casually.

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  Worry, House, Spiders

  Kobayashi Issa, “Don't Worry, Spiders”

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• All the time I pray to Buddha I keep on killing mosquitoes.

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  Mosquitoes, Praying, Killing

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• In spring rain a pretty girl yawning.

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  Girl, Spring, Rain

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• O snail Climb Mount Fuji But slowly, slowly!

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  Buddhist, Struggle, Snail

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• Listen, all creeping things, the bell of transience.

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  Listening, Bells, Transience

  Issa Kobayashi (1991). “The dumpling field: haiku of Issa”, Swallow Press

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• The world of dew is the world of dew. And yet, and yet--

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  Dew, World, Haiku

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• Where there are humans, You'll find flies, And Buddhas.

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  Garden, Civilization, Humans

  Issa Kobayashi (1991). “The dumpling field: haiku of Issa”, Swallow Press

  12 Copy quote

• Even in warmest glow how cold my shadow

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  Winter, Shadow, Cold

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• Summer night-- even the stars are whispering to each other.

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  Summer, Stars, Night

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• Here I'm here- the snow falling.

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  Fall, Snow, Snow Falling

  24 Copy quote

• In the city fields Contemplating cherry-trees... Strangers are like friends

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  Cities, Tree, Fields

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• There is no stranger under the cherry tree.

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  Tree, Stranger, Cherries

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• Not gifted with genius but honestly holding his experiences deep in his heart, he kept his simplicity and humanity.

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  Heart, Simplicity, Humanity

  Issa Kobayashi, Nanao Sakaki, John Brandi, Jeff Bryan (1999). “Inch by inch: 45 haiku”, LA Alameda Pr

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• Giddy grasshopper Take care...do not leap and crush These pearls of dewdrop

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  Crush, Care, Pearls

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• Arise from sleep, old cat, And with great yawns and stretchings... Amble out for love

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  Sleep, Cat, Arise

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• Even with insects - some can sing, some can't.

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  Summer, August, Insects

  Kobayashi Issa, “Even With Insects”

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• Reflected in the dragonfly's eye -- mountains.

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  Eye, Mountain, Dragonflies

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• Red morning sky - snail, are you glad of it?

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  Morning, Sky, Red

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• Don't weep, insects -- Lovers, stars themselves, Must part.

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  Stars, Lovers, Insects

  Issa Kobayashi (1991). “The dumpling field: haiku of Issa”, Swallow Press

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• Don't kill!... The fly is asking you To save his life By rubbing his hands together

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  Hands, Together, Asking

  Issa Kobayashi (1960). “The year of my life”

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• Dry creek glimpsed by lightning

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  Lightning, Dry, Creeks

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• before the gate -- my walking stick's made a river of melting snow

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  Walking Sticks, Rivers, Snow

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