Quotes from Kobayashi Issa

Don't worry spiders, I keep house casually.

The children imitating the cormorants, Are more wonderful Than the real cormorants

Flowers scattering - The water we thirst for Far off, in the mist.

Before I arrived, who were the people living here? Only violets remain.

the snail gets up and goes to bed with very little fuss

Look, don't kill that fly! It is making a prayer to you By rubbing its hands and feet

Just beyond the gate, a neat yellow hole— someone pissed in the snow

In this world we walk on the roof of hell, gazing at flowers

In these latter-day, Degenerate times, Cherry-blossoms everywhere!

How much are you enjoying yourself, tiger moth?

Non scordare: noi camminiamo sopra l'inferno, guardando i fiori.