By LISA VOGT/ Special to Asahi Weekly
April 6, 2021 at 07:00 JST
Statue of the Tamagawa brothers. They were consigned to build the Tamagawa Josui, an artificial waterway completed in 1653 to divert water from the Tamagawa river and carry it to Edo. (Photo by Lisa Vogt)
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