water guard house

Italian translation: casa / postazione / abitazione delle guardie dell\'acqua

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English term or phrase:	water guard house
Italian translation:	casa / postazione / abitazione delle guardie dell\'acqua
Entered by:	cynthiatesser

16:05 Feb 18, 2017

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Art/Literary - History / Japan

English term or phrase: water guard house

This is a model of a water guard house that was located near what is now the Yotsuya Ōkido Gate of Shinjuku Gyoen National Garden.

The Tamagawa Waterworks took in water from the Tamagawa River at Hamura. For a distance of about 43 kilometers from Hamura to the Yotsuya Ōkido Gate, the water flowed above ground. From there the water was supplied to Edo Castle and people in the southwestern part of Edo through stone or wooden pipes laid underground.

The water guardhouse was built for water control at the point where the waterworks changed its course from above ground to underground. The guardhouse was staffed by water guards, who were in charge of measuring the water level at a scheduled time every day, controlling the flow of water by operating a water gate and discharging surplus or muddy water southward into the Shibuya River. In addition, a waste catcher was installed at watersheds to prevent waste and driftwood from flowing into the underground watercourse.

In the Mid-Edo period and later, the water guards also served as waterworks inspectors who kept watch on the watercourse from Daitamura to Yotsuya Ōkido.

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CT

cynthiatesser KudoZ activity Questions: 451 (3 open) (51 closed without grading) Answers: 2435 Italy
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postazione / abitazione delle guardie dell'acqua

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una proposta in base alla descrizione

qui si parla di un altro paese, ma la funzione mi sembra essere la medesima - p. 109 "abitazioni delle guardie delle acque"

https://books.google.it/books?id=dygW6ivkrasC&pg=PA109&lpg=P...

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"abitazioni delle guardie dell'acqua"

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Local time: 08:31

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Ho preferito "casa delle guardie dell'acqua", più adatto al contesto. Grazie comunque.
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postazione / abitazione delle guardie dell'acqua

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Ho preferito "casa delle guardie dell'acqua", più adatto al contesto. Grazie comunque.

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