Hinode-cho (Ishitegawa Park)

  "Many people taking a stroll
         Are standing on the several bridges and
                  Watching the moon in summer"

                                                (Hyotei)
    "In Shinbasho noted for paper
          Waterrails chirp every time, the sound of
                 Pounding in a mortar pause "
 
                                                 (Shiki) 

Shiki's Haiku is appeared in the first volume of Shiki's Haiku poetry "Kanzan Rakuboku"in summer of 1892 (Meiji 25).
When the present Hinode-cho was called the village of "Soga", Kosaka under the rule of Matsuyama feudal domain, the craftsmen of making Japanese paper were called together from the vicinity of Kochi or Shusou and engaged in producing thick Japanese paper for ceremonial use.
The expression of "pounding in a mortar" imply the work to pound the raw materials of Japan paper, Kouzo or Mitsumata plants, and loosen the their fiber. Waterrails chirp while a lull in the sound of pounding in a mortar. These parts, the craftsmen lived, were called "Shinbasho".
Thinking of "the village of Japanese paper" in the old times, everyone concerned in this district built this Haiku monument at the place that was famous in connection with making Japan paper, on Nov. 28th of 1892 (Meiji 25) and its characters was his own handwriting.

Hyoutei Ioki's Haiku monument was built connecting with that his birthplace was located in the westward of this monument. Hyoutei's real name was "Ryozo". His another pen name was "Kenkotsu-bou". He graduated from The Medical School of Matsuyama. He was born three years later than Shiki.
In 1889 (Meiji 22), he went up to Tokyo and visited Shiki on Oct. 7th. He got intimate terms with Shiki and been absorbed in composing Haiku and writing novels.

 His last work was next Haiku.

    "There is no visitor now
           A wind-bell is ringing for a while
                  I am left to myself"

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