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*''Japanese'': [[中谷]]新七 ''(Nakatani Shinshichi)'' | *''Japanese'': [[中谷]]新七 ''(Nakatani Shinshichi)'' | ||
| − | Nakatani Shinshichi was a | + | Nakatani Shinshichi was a master carpenter who was commissioned to build a Taiko-bashi (Drum Bridge) for the [[1894]] [[San Francisco]] Midwinter Fair. |
| − | + | Originally from a peasant family from Jigozen-mura, [[Hiroshima prefecture]], he sold his family's rice fields to be able to afford the construction of the bridge and bell tower gate (''shôrômon''), which remain today a part of the [[Hagiwara Tea Garden]]. Shinshichi's son remained in San Francisco for nearly fifty years, working to try to earn the funds to re-purchase the family's fields. | |
==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 10:15, 25 September 2013
The Shôrômon (Bell Tower Gate) at the Hagiwara Tea Garden in San Francisco, built by Nakatani Shinshichi.
Nakatani Shinshichi was a master carpenter who was commissioned to build a Taiko-bashi (Drum Bridge) for the 1894 San Francisco Midwinter Fair.
Originally from a peasant family from Jigozen-mura, Hiroshima prefecture, he sold his family's rice fields to be able to afford the construction of the bridge and bell tower gate (shôrômon), which remain today a part of the Hagiwara Tea Garden. Shinshichi's son remained in San Francisco for nearly fifty years, working to try to earn the funds to re-purchase the family's fields.
References
- Plaque on-site at the Hagiwara Tea Garden, San Francisco.
