Otagiri Dam[1] (Japanese: 小田切ダム) (also sometimes read as Odagiri Dam[2]) is a dam in the Nagano Prefecture, Japan, completed in 1954.[3]

Otagiri Dam
Otagiri Dam is located in Japan
Otagiri Dam
Location of Otagiri Dam in Japan
Official name小田切ダム(Otagiri Dam)
LocationNagano Prefecture, Japan
Coordinates36°37′12″N 138°07′24″E / 36.62000°N 138.12333°E / 36.62000; 138.12333
PurposePower
Construction began1953
Opening date1954
Dam and spillways
Type of damGravity dam
Height21.3 m
Dam volume17,000 m3
Power Station
Operator(s)Tokyo Electric Power Company
Installed capacity16,900 KW

Name origin edit

The name of the dam originates from the old village “Otagiri” (小田切)[4][circular reference] (not "Odagiri"). Etymologically “Otagiri” consists of “O” and “tagiri”. “O” is a prefix of Japanese. “Tagiri” is the gerund of the verb “tagiru” (it means the motion of water like “boil”).[5][6] In Nagano Prefecture there are many such place names like "Tagiri", “Ô-tagiri”,[7][circular reference] "Naka-tagiri",[8][circular reference] “Inu-tagiri”, “Fut-tagiri”, and “Ka-tagiri”.[9][circular reference][10][circular reference][11][circular reference][12]

References edit

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 February 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "長野市公共サインガイドライン" (PDF). Nagano City Official Website. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Odagiri Dam [Nagano Pref.] - Dams in Japan". damnet.or.jp.
  4. ^ ja:小田切
  5. ^ 松崎岩夫『長野県の地名 その由来』,信濃古代文化研究所,1991年
  6. ^ 松崎岩夫『上伊那の地名 その由来』,ほおずき書籍,1999年.ISBN 4795286469
  7. ^ ja:太田切川 (長野県)
  8. ^ ja:中田切川
  9. ^ ja:片桐村
  10. ^ ja:片桐氏
  11. ^ ja:田切
  12. ^ "目黒の地名 田切(たぎり) 目黒区".