May 22, 1689, Basho visited Kurobane, Otawara City, Tochigi Prefecture and stayed with the Jodaigaro (chief counselor of a castle) of the Kurobane Clan Takakatsu JOHOJI whose haigo (the pen name of a haiku poet) was Tosetsu.
4月4日　栃木県大田原市黒羽を訪れ、黒羽藩城代家老浄法寺高勝、俳号桃雪の元に投宿。