Fudou-in (Minatoyama-cho)

"Spreading my woven hat and
Putting my hand into the earthenware pot
I felt of the water"

(Basho)

This Basho's Haiku monument was built on Dec.12, 1793 (Kansei 5). This mound had been well-known as "mound of Kissui" from the old time, and Basho's Haiku by his own handwriting was buried under this mound.
This Haiku was not appeared in Basho's Haiku collection, but appeared in "Shoku-Okinazuka-noki", explaining "Mound of Kissui, Iyo, Matsuyama and Mitsuhama".
The meaning of and season word of this Haiku is unknown.

Issa Kobayashi who had been staying at Matsuda's residence since Feb.5, 1795 (Kansei 7), two years later than this monument was built, visited here with many people on Feb.6 and composed the following Haiku, looking up this monument and remembering Basho.

"I drew up the water
           The old time is dear to me
                    Because it is just tepid"
                     

And prefacing "I took a walk on the seashore feeling a longing for the old Haikai (the old type of Haiku)", he composed the following Haiku and others.

 "Ume blossoms are open
           I will keep a sliding shutter open
                    To put the moonlight in" 

Kyokudo Yanagihara composed the following Haiku with his whole heart to "Fudo-matsu" (the immovable pine tree) of several hundreds years old, when he lived temporally in the Kannon (the Goddess of Mercy) Hall, the remains of Senshin hermitage, because of the great air raid on Matsuyama on Jul. of 1945 (Showa 20).

"I live here taking just
           After the old pine tree's good luck
                    Winter of my old age"

Kyokudo already had been seventy-nine years old at that time. And this pine tree had been withered.
In addition to this Basho's mound, there are "Hanaire Mound" (Ishiteji Temple), "Yanagi Mound" (Taisanji Temple), "Shimoya Mound" (Kuma-Taihouji Temple), "Sakura Mound" (Itsukushima Shrine), "Arakabu Mound" (Miho Shrine) and others.