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Otsu and Lake Biwa

[ 1890s Japan - Otsu and Lake Biwa as Seen from Miidera Temple ] Otsu City and Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefecture as seen from Miidera (), a Buddhist temple also known as Enjoji (). The canal is the Lake Biwa Waterway (, Biwako Sosui) designed by Sakuro Tanabe to generate electricity and supply drinking water for Kyoto City, as well as facilitate transportation. This photo is believed to have been taken shortly after the opening of the canal in 1890 (Meiji 23). 19th century vintage albumen photograph.
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Title: Otsu and Lake Biwa
Caption: [ 1890s Japan - Otsu and Lake Biwa as Seen from Miidera Temple ] Otsu City and Lake Biwa in Shiga Prefecture as seen from Miidera (), a Buddhist temple also known as Enjoji (). The canal is the Lake Biwa Waterway (, Biwako Sosui) designed by Sakuro Tanabe to generate electricity and supply drinking water for Kyoto City, as well as facilitate transportation. This photo is believed to have been taken shortly after the opening of the canal in 1890 (Meiji 23). 19th century vintage albumen photograph.
Credit: Album / Duits / MeijiShowa
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Image size: 3543 × 2757 px | 27.9 MB
Print size: 30.0 × 23.3 cm | 1394.9 × 1085.4 in (300 dpi)
Keywords: 1890S • 19TH CENTURY • ALBUMEN • ARCHITECTURE • ARCHIVAL • ASIA • ASIAN • BELIEFS • BIWAKO SOSUI • BUDDHISM • BUDDHISM, BHUTANESE • BUDDHIST • BUILDINGS • CANALS • CHANNELS • CITY VIEWS • CULT, BUDDHIST • CULTURE • DESIGN • ENGINEERING • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • JAPAN • JAPANESE • KOZABURO TAMAMURA • LACUNA • LAKE BIWA WATERWAY • LAKE • LAKES • MEIJI PERIOD • MEIJI • MIIDERA • OLD JAPAN • OTSU • POND • RELIGIONS • RETRO • SAKURO TANABE • SCENIC VIEWS • SHIGA • TEMPLES • TRADITIONAL JAPAN • TRANSPORTATION • VICTORIAN ERA • VICTORIAN • VINTAGE JAPAN • VINTAGE