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ICHITARO MORIMOTO AND MANCO CAPAC

(Photo: Cover of Francisco Loayza's book, 1926) (Cover of Francisco Loayza's book)

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Published: Oct. 21, 2007 Modified: Feb. 11, 2025
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The second clue: the publication of the book “Manco Capac, Founder of the Inca Empire, was Japanese” by the Peruvian author Francisco Loayza in 1926, the same year of the inauguration of the monument. The author maintains that there would be a common origin between Japanese and Incas, based on a comparative analysis of the Quechua and Japanese languages. -- Cover of Francisco Loayza's book

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ICHITARO MORIMOTO AND MANCO CAPAC
Script and texts: Amelia Morimoto. Photos and editing: Claudio Uehara.
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