Taneda Santoka Haiku Monument (Path of Haiku)
A haiku monument to Taneda Santoka on the Dogo-Kitamachi side of the "Path of Haiku" in Dogo (the street east of the Ehime Prefectural Culture Hall). It is inscribed with the haiku "ずんぶり湯の中の顔と顔笑ふ".
The Taneda Santoka Haiku Monument (Path of Haiku) stands on the Dogo-Kitamachi side of the "Path of Haiku", the street that runs along the east side of the Ehime Prefectural Culture Hall. It is inscribed with the haiku "ずんぶり湯の中の顔と顔笑ふ" (Zunburi yu no naka no kao to kao warau).
Taneda Santoka (1882–1940) was born in Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, and his real name was Shoichi. A free-verse haiku poet not bound by the 5-7-5 form, he walked from place to place as a mendicant, spent his last months at Issoan in Matsuyama and died there.
The monument stands along the road of the "Path of Haiku", and the local information board lists it on the Dogo-Kitamachi side. The map pin on this page marks a representative point of the Dogo-Kitamachi section, not the exact position of this monument. The full list of the 11 haiku (on 10 monuments) is on the "Path of Haiku" page.
Sources: Matsuyama Shiki Memorial Museum, "Ehime no Kuhi" Haiku Street http://www.haiku-matsuyama.jp/street/968/ / same museum, "People connected with Matsuyama" http://www.haiku-matsuyama.jp/yukari/ / Matsuyama City Board of Education information board on site (photographed by a contributor, October 18, 2026) Last checked: 2026-10-19
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