On April 28, the Nikkei Shimbun, page 26, describes the fact that Matsuo Basho lived in Nihonbashi.
Basho descended from Iga Ueno to Edo in 1672 (Kanbun 12) to become a haiku master. In the winter of 1680 (Yonho 8), he retired by connecting an hermitage to Fukagawa, which was still a suburban area, but it is thought that he lived around Nihonbashi until he moved to this later hermitage called "Bashoan". I am.
According to the recently deciphered ancient document, Basho's address at that time was "Odawaramachi Taro Ozawabei", Odawaramachi was now 1-chome Nihonbashi Muromachi, and at that time it was a busy place near the fish market.
According to subsequent research, it seems that it is a common theory that Basho had been in Odawara-cho since around 1677 (Yonho 5).
Near the opposite side of Chuo-dori from Nihonbashi Mitsukoshi, Nihonbashi Funasa, a long-established Tsukudani store located in Muromachi Koji, known as "Hakuya Matsuo Momo Aojuku Spring" stone monument, which is thought to have been written around this time.
