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Lake Biwa
is the largest freshwater lake in Japan, located in Shiga Prefecture (west-central Honshu), northeast of the former capital city of Kyoto〔http://universalium.academic.ru/236944/Biwa,_Lake〕 Because of its proximity to the ancient capital, references to Lake Biwa appear frequently in Japanese literature, particularly in poetry and in historical accounts of battles.
== Name ==
The name ''Biwako'' was established in the Edo Period. There are various theories about the origin of the name ''Biwako'', but it is generally believed to be so named because of the resemblance of its shape to that of a stringed instrument called the ''biwa''. Kōsō, a learned monk of Enryaku-ji in the 14th century, gave a clue to the origin of the name ''Biwako'' in his writing: "The lake is the Pure land of the goddess Benzaiten because she lives on Chikubu Island and the shape of the lake is similar to that of the ''biwa'', her favorite instrument."〔Yoshihiro Kimura (2001). ''Biwako -sono koshō no yurai-'' (Biwa, the origin of its name ). Hikone: Sunrise Publishing. ISBN 4-88325-129-2〕
The lake was formerly known as the or the . Later the pronunciation ''Awaumi'' changed to the modern ''Ōmi'' as in the name of Ōmi Province. The lake is also called in literature.
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