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title: "2 Blossoms Quotes By Kobayashi Issa"
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> [What a strange thing! to be alive beneath cherry blossoms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobayashi-issa/what-a-strange-thing-to-be-alive-beneath-cherry-blossoms/)

[Kobayashi Issa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobayashi-issa/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2b/kobayashi-issa-24740_alive_what-a-strange-thing-to-be-alive-beneath_1329635.jpg)

> [Moon, plum blossoms, this, that, and the day goes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobayashi-issa/moon-plum-blossoms-this-that-and-the-day-goes/)

[Kobayashi Issa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobayashi-issa/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0c/kobayashi-issa-24740_blossoms_moon-plum-blossoms-this-that-and-the-day_3041922.jpg)

## More by Kobayashi Issa

> [Don't weep, insects -- Lovers, stars themselves, Must part.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobayashi-issa/don-t-weep-insects-lovers-stars-themselves-must-part/)

[Kobayashi Issa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobayashi-issa/)

> [Face of the spring moon- about twelve years old, I'd say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobayashi-issa/face-of-the-spring-moon-about-twelve-years-old-i-d-say/)

[Kobayashi Issa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobayashi-issa/)

> [“This dewdrop world Is but a dewdrop world And yet —”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobayashi-issa/this-dewdrop-world-is-but-a-dewdrop-world-and-yet/)

[Kobayashi Issa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobayashi-issa/)

> [Carrying a poppy he passes through the quarrel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobayashi-issa/carrying-a-poppy-he-passes-through-the-quarrel/)

[Kobayashi Issa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobayashi-issa/)

> [Summer night-- even the stars are whispering to each other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobayashi-issa/summer-night-even-the-stars-are-whispering-to-each-other/)

[Kobayashi Issa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobayashi-issa/)

> [“Never forget: we walk on hell, gazing at flowers.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobayashi-issa/never-forget-we-walk-on-hell-gazing-at-flowers/)

[Kobayashi Issa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobayashi-issa/)

> [Where there are humans, You'll find flies, And Buddhas.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobayashi-issa/where-there-are-humans-you-ll-find-flies-and-buddhas/)

[Kobayashi Issa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobayashi-issa/)

> [before the gate -- my walking stick's made a river of melting snow](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobayashi-issa/before-the-gate-my-walking-stick-s-made-a-river-of-melting-snow/)

[Kobayashi Issa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobayashi-issa/)

> [To the fuki plant, dandelions, and their kind that lie for long patiently under the fallen snow, comes the season of breezy spring. No…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobayashi-issa/to-the-fuki-plant-dandelions-and-their-kind-that-lie-for-long/)

[Kobayashi Issa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobayashi-issa/)

> [What a strange thing! to be alive beneath cherry blossoms.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobayashi-issa/what-a-strange-thing-to-be-alive-beneath-cherry-blossoms/)

[Kobayashi Issa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobayashi-issa/)

> [Don't worry, spiders, I keep house casually.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobayashi-issa/don-t-worry-spiders-i-keep-house-casually/)

[Kobayashi Issa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobayashi-issa/)

> [In spring rain a pretty girl yawning.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobayashi-issa/in-spring-rain-a-pretty-girl-yawning/)

[Kobayashi Issa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobayashi-issa/)

> [Take a nap Making the mountain water Pound the rice.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobayashi-issa/take-a-nap-making-the-mountain-water-pound-the-rice/)

[Kobayashi Issa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobayashi-issa/)

> [All the time I pray to Buddha I keep on killing mosquitoes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobayashi-issa/all-the-time-i-pray-to-buddha-i-keep-on-killing-mosquitoes/)

[Kobayashi Issa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobayashi-issa/)

> [In this world we walk on the roof of hell gazing at flowers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kobayashi-issa/in-this-world-we-walk-on-the-roof-of-hell-gazing-at-flowers/)

[Kobayashi Issa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kobayashi-issa/)

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