Tsubakiumi Reclamation

Japanese: 椿海干拓 - つばきうみかんたく

This was a land reclamation project that drained the waters of Tsubakiumi, a lake that spanned the three counties of Katori, Kaijo, and Sosa in Shimousa Province (present-day Asahi City, Yokaichiba City, Higata Town, Tonosho Town, and Kaijo Town, Kaijo District, Chiba Prefecture), into Kujukuri Beach. Plans had been in the works since the Genna era (1615-24), but in the Kanbun era (1661-73), Edo townsman Shirai Jiroemon applied to the Edo Shogunate for a proposal, which was inspected by the magistrate Ina, but was rejected. Shirai applied again with the cooperation of Tsujiuchi Gyobuzaemon, a master carpenter for the Shogunate, and after the proposal was inspected by the head accountant and appointed as the magistrate of construction, construction began.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

下総国香取，海上，匝瑳（そうさ）3郡(現在の千葉県旭市，八日市場市，香取郡干潟町，東庄町，海上郡海上町)にわたる湖，椿海の水を九十九里浜に排出した干拓事業。計画は元和年中(1615‐24)よりあったが，寛文年中(1661‐73)に江戸町人白井次郎右衛門が江戸幕府に出願，代官伊奈氏の検分を受けたが不許可となった。白井は幕府大工棟梁辻内刑部左衛門を仲間として再び出願，勘定頭の検分，普請奉行任命等を経て工事に着手した。

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