Kawahigashi Hekigoto Haiku Monument (Dogo Park)
A haiku monument within Kawahigashi Hekigoto Kuhi Dogo Koen. It commemorates Kawahigashi Hekigoto (1873–1937), a poet from Matsuyama. Hekigoto was a disciple of Masaoka Shiki and known as an innovator who promoted the New Tendency haiku.
The Kawahigashi Hekigoto Haiku Monument is a haiku monument in Dogo Park that commemorates Kawahigashi Hekigoto, a haiku poet from Matsuyama.
Kawahigashi Hekigoto
Kawahigashi Hekigoto (1873-1937) was a haiku poet and essayist born into a Matsuyama Domain retainer's family. In 1889, he learned haiku from Masaoka Shiki, who had returned to his hometown, and started writing haiku after inviting his classmate Takahama Kiyoshi (later Takahama Kyoshi). After Shiki's death, he took over the haiku column of the newspaper "Nihon," and was known as a reformist who promoted the "New Trend Haiku" which was not bound by the 5-7-5 syllable structure or seasonal words, and was ranked alongside Kyoshi among Shiki's disciples.
Dogo Park, where the monument is located, is a park designated as a national historic site as the ruins of Yuzuki Castle, and haiku monuments of poets associated with Matsuyama, such as Shiki and Meisetsu, are scattered throughout the park.
Source: "Kawahigashi Hekigoto" Wikipedia (CC BY-SA) Last confirmed date: July 2026
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