- In 1684, Basho MATSUO wrote a poem that reads, 'The sound of watayumi bow beating cotton is beautiful like that of Japanese lute buoying my spirit' at Takenouchi, Katsuragi City that was associated with one of his pupils Senri.
-1684年（貞享元年）に松尾芭蕉が門人の一人である千里の縁（ゆかり）の地、葛城市の竹内で「綿弓や琵琶になぐさむ竹のおく」という句を詠んだ。