The construction was started in the 11
th year of Genroku (1698) by both Yokoi Genzaemon
and Kanaya Genbei of Kyoto and was completed
after three years to have an area of 72 Cho-bu
,around 7,1 square kilometers reclaimed.
They suffered from floods several times
even after the completion ,but at last such
sufferings came to an end in the 5 th year
of Ganbun (1740).
The site of the newly reclaimed field is
now situated at the school yard of Tsumori
Elementary School, where the garden named
Kogetsuan was also made and was famous together
with the garden of Kasugai newly reclaimed
field named Hasshuken.
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