Sakai Mokuzen Haiku Monument (Matsuyama Shrine)
A haiku monument for Sakai Mokuzen on the right side of the approach to Matsuyama Shrine. It is inscribed with "Kochi no fune Takahama ni tsuki gojuharu" and was erected in 1972 (Showa 47).
The Sakai Mokuzen Haiku Monument at Matsuyama Shrine stands on the right side of the approach to Matsuyama Shrine in Iwaidani-higashimachi, Matsuyama. It is inscribed with the verse "Kochi no fune Takahama ni tsuki gojuharu" and was erected on March 15, 1972 (Showa 47).
Sakai Mokuzen was a haiku poet with ties to Matsuyama, and he also wrote the characters on the Kobayashi Issa haiku monument at the north entrance of Dogo Park. There is also a Mokuzen monument at the Iwaidani branch of the Dogo Community Center in Iwaidani 5-chome, and all of these are included in "Ehime no Kuhi" of the Matsuyama Shiki Memorial Museum.
Matsuyama is known as a "town of haiku", having produced many haiku poets beginning with Masaoka Shiki, and haiku monuments remain at shrines, parks and other places around the city. You can see this one when you visit Matsuyama Shrine.
Source: Matsuyama Shiki Memorial Museum, "Ehime no Kuhi" http://www.haiku-matsuyama.jp/dogo/252/ Last confirmed: October 5, 2026
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