Master Masaoka Shiki
5-7-5
Tragedy striking
all the children are dying-
A master prevailed!
4-5-4
Tragedy strikes
Children are dying-
Masters prevail!
7/6/2017
Kobayashi Issa as a child was cared for by his grandmother. Due to the death of his mother. When his grandmother passed he was left lonely and moody. Not too long after his father sent him on is way to make a life of his own. During this time there was a span of 10 yrs of his life that is unknown. From there he wrote a journal titled "Last Days of Issa's Father". He was also misfortuned with the loss of all his children on top of a fire destroying his home all separate occurrences. Issa wrote over 20,000 haiku's in his life and died November 19, 1827.
Copyright © Jeremy Smith | Year Posted 2017
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