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寝て起て大欠して猫の恋  
nete okite oakubi shite neko no koi
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sleeping then waking
then a big yawn
the cat goes out in search of love
—Issa
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(Tr. David LaSpina)
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!["Cat with Bell" by Shotei Takahashi.jpg](https://res.cloudinary.com/hpiynhbhq/image/upload/v1515852912/tcn1mqz0eejolhn5gemc.jpg)
<sub>("Cat with Bell" by Shotei Takahashi)</sub>
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It may come as no surprised that Issa was a cat lover. Now, of course, he was an animal and insect lover, as you know if you've been following along. But among all his haiku, he wrote over a hundred haiku on cats, many of them on cat courting habits, such as the one above. I'd say that equals cat lover. 

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|Don't miss other great haiku in the *Haiku of Japan* series!|
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###### Recent Haiku ######
- [71 — Born Lucky][71]
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###### Collections ######
- [Collection 1 :: Haiku 1–10][1]
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[1]: https://steemit.com/haiku/@dbooster/haiku-of-japan-1-10
[2]: https://steemit.com/haiku/@dbooster/haiku-of-japan-11-20-collection-2
[3]: https://steemit.com/haiku/@dbooster/haiku-of-japan-21-30-collection-3
[4]: https://steemit.com/haiku/@dbooster/haiku-of-japan-31-40-collection-4
[5]: https://steemit.com/haiku/@dbooster/haiku-of-japan-41-50-collection-5
[6]: https://steemit.com/haiku/@dbooster/haiku-of-japan-51-60-collection-6
[7]: https://steemit.com/haiku/@dbooster/haiku-of-japan-61-70-collection-7
[71]: https://steemit.com/haiku/@dbooster/born-lucky-haiku-of-japan-71
[72]: https://steemit.com/haiku/@dbooster/late-new-year-s-haiku-of-japan-72
[73]: https://steemit.com/haiku/@dbooster/new-year-s-cleaning-haiku-of-japan-73
[74]: https://steemit.com/haiku/@dbooster/dreams-of-turtles-haiku-of-japan-74
[75]: https://steemit.com/haiku/@dbooster/an-early-spring-haiku-of-japan-75
[76]: https://steemit.com/haiku/@dbooster/fan-after-bath-haiku-of-japan-76
[77]: https://steemit.com/haiku/@dbooster/high-high-is-the-snow-haiku-of-japan-77





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