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When did Kobayashi Issa start making music?
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Kobayashi Issa's first song “On a Branch” released on January 1, 1800.
Kobayashi Issa (小林 一茶, June 15, 1763 – January 5, 1828) 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 Issa (一茶), 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... Read More
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