"Wearing Obi- sash tied in front
        Tata is getting wet with 
              Early summer rain"

                       (Shiki)

This haiku was composed in 1892.

Tata is a name for women fish peddlers who deal fish taken in the sea of Masaki area at the suburb of Matsuyama. They wore their Obi-sash in front puffed out in bow.
Tata is said to be originated in the name of Taki hime (princess Taki) who was from a court noble family in Kyoto and was exiled to Shikoku Island and reached the beach of Masaki area. Then she began to sell fish imitating Oharame in Kyoto who were peddling flowers in the wooden tub brought on their heads.

Yoshiaki Kato, who had been a lord of the castle in Masaki, began constructing Matsuyama Castle in 1602, asking Tata to bring stones and pebbles in the wooden tubs they carried on their heads from the beach of Masaki to Matsuyama Castle. Their service was highly appreciated and they were given the tax-free status and the privilege of trading fish even inside of the gate of the castle, let alone in the town of Matsuyama.

There is a large stone called "Otoyo-ishi (ishi means stone)", in the precincts of Himaneki Shrine located Homen, Yogo Town just in between Masaki and Matsuyama: a Tata named Otoyo was carrying the stone on her head for Matsuyama Castle at that time, and when she came to the town of Yodo, Otoyo became so exhausted that she dropped the stone. She was too fragile to carry it again even after she had taken a rest and she left the stone there. The stone has a mark, "two parallel lines in the circle", engraved.

This haiku monument was established in September 1959.