Surname
Sasagawa
Sasagawa (笹川) is a Japanese surname. Its kanji mean bamboo grass + river, and Wikidata lists 14 notable people with this family name.
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What Sasagawa means
笹
bamboo grass
川
river
Where the name comes from
Like most Japanese surnames, Sasagawa describes a place. Its kanji point to a river, the kind of landmark a family was known by when surnames became compulsory for everyone in 1875.