Description
Kobayashi Issa (1763 – 1828) was a poet and lay Buddhist priest. With Basho, Buson and Shiki – “the Great Four”- Issa is regarded as one of Japan’s true haiku masters. This is a new translation of Issa’s fine work from Professors John White and Kemmyo Taira Sato, authors of The Buddhist Society’s The Haiku of Basho (Spring 2019).
Professor John White is an art historian, former Vice-Provost of University College London, and the author of a number of books on Medieval and Renaissance art. He is also a poet, and Trustee and Honorary Secretary of the Three Wheels Shin Buddhist Temple in London. Professor Kemmyo Taira Sato is Director of the Three Wheels Shin Buddhist Temple in London, and Visiting Professor at the University of London’s School of Oriental and African Studies.
5-7-5 The Haiku of Issa – John White and Kemmyo Taira Sato, The Buddhist Society Trust, 2019
