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*''Japanese'': [[中谷]]新七 ''(Nakatani Shinshichi)''

*''Japanese'': [[中谷]]新七 ''(Nakatani Shinshichi)''

Nakatani Shinshichi was a farmer from Jigozen-mura, [[Hiroshima prefecture]], who was commissioned to build a Taiko-bashi (Drum Bridge) for the [[1894]] [[San Francisco]] Midwinter Fair.

Nakatani Shinshichi was a master carpenter who was commissioned to build a Taiko-bashi (Drum Bridge) for the [[1894]] [[San Francisco]] Midwinter Fair.

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.

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.

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