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Monument to Monzaemon Chikamatsu; Nekozuka Burial Mound
The monument is large and very impressive; it is dedicated to Monzaemon Chikamatsu, a joruri playwright in the mid-Edo period. The inscription says that the monument was originally located in Tennoji Park, but that local landowner Shozaburo Murogami obtained permission for it to be relocated to its current position as part of the 5th Domestic Industrial Exposition in 1901. Meanwhile, Nekozuka ("burial mound for cats") was built by Murokami in the same year. It was created using financial donations from local entertainers for the healthy rearing of cats, whose skin was used to cover the body of shamisen, a stringed musical instrument. The monument itself is very unique; it is shaped like the body of a shamisen.

Location : inside Matsunoki Daimyojin Shrine; 2-3-19, Taishi
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