The story of the construction of Lake Biwa Canal, which Kitagaki and Tanabe had worked together hand-in-hand, was once on an elementary school textbook of social studies published by Osaka Shoseki Co., Ltd.
田辺と二人三脚で挑んだ琵琶湖疏水工事の物語が大阪書籍の小学校社会科教科書に掲載されていた。