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

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Kobayashi Issa
Age: 64 †
Born: 1763
Born: June 15
Died: 1828
Died: January 5
Painter
Poet
Writer
Roof
Flowers
Flower
Walk
Walks
Hell
World
Gazing

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