After the middle of the Edo period, when land-surveying techniques were developed and the shape of the lake turned out to look like a Japanese lute, the name of the lake became widely known as Lake Biwa. |
測量技術が発達し湖の形が琵琶に似ていることが判った江戸時代中期以降、琵琶湖という名称が定着した。 |