# The Spring of My Life

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- Book: [The Spring of My Life](https://www.bookquiver.com/kobayashi-issa/the-spring-of-my-life) ([The Spring of My Life.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/kobayashi-issa/the-spring-of-my-life.md))
- Authors: [Kobayashi Issa](https://www.bookquiver.com/kobayashi-issa), [Sam Hamill](https://www.bookquiver.com/sam-hamill)
- Publisher: shambhala
- ISBN: 978-16-1180-693-9
- Pages: 240
- Published: 2019-06-18
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

An autobiographical blend of prose and haiku from one of Japan's greatest poets. Kobayashi Issa (1763–1827), along with Bashō and Buson, is considered one of the three greatest haiku poets...