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Haiku of Kobayashi Issa

Kobayashi Issa was one of Japan's most prolific poets (learn more). He left in his journals over twenty thousand one-breath poems—then called haikai but today known as haiku. This website offers an archive of 7,300+ of these haiku, about one third of the total.

Getting started For newcomers to Issa, a good overview is provided by the Essential Issa, the translator's pick of 500 of his best and most significant haiku.

Issa-a-Day Sign up to have one randomly selected haiku sent to your e-mail box daily. Read subscriber Naomi Beth Wakan's poem.

Poets on Issa What do poets from around the world think of Issa and his contribution to the art of haiku? Find out.

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Search tips To look for haiku containing a single keyword, type it into the box and hit "Search." To search for multiple keywords in a haiku, enter them in the box separated by commas and without spaces (example: frog,croaking). Note that searches are case-sensitive (type "Buddha", not "buddha"). Use the "Year" drop-down menu to limit your results to a particular year.

More search options available with the Advanced Search. Search for keywords in the English translation, rômaji transcription, and comments.

The archive in seasonal order The seasonal anthology presents the haiku arranged according to traditional Japanese season words.

Listen to Japanese Keiko Higuchi-Vayman reads 9 haiku by Issa.

Printable versions Make your own printer-friendly booklet of Issa's haiku.

About this website The Kobayashi Issa website was launched in May, 2000. It was created at Xavier University of Louisiana as a rich media project sponsored by the Center for the Advancement of Teaching. In August 2005, with the onslaught of Hurricane Katrina, the university server that housed the Issa archive had to be shut down. The present website is the archive's new, permanent home.

Help Xavier University We are still struggling in the wake of Katrina's devastation; please make a contribution. Thanks!

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Translations based on Issa zenshû (Nagano: Shinano Mainichi Shimbunsha, 1976-79) 9 volumes. Some of the translations first appeared in Issa, Cup-of-Tea Poems and Pure Land Haiku: The Art of Priest Issa.


Web design/search engines by Bryan Godfrey-Lanoue and Bart Everson. All translations © 2000-2006 by David G. Lanoue, rights reserved.
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