二重橋
Nijubashi
A large red flag streams in the wind, and a black carriage moves forward, surrounded by riders on horseback. Far back on the left, a stone bridge spans the moat.
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At the top center, a large red flag with a pattern streams out at a slant. In the right foreground, a black carriage carrying two people in red jackets and black hats is surrounded by riders on white and brown horses, and in the middle, a rider in black raises one hand. Far back on the left, a stone bridge with arches spans the gap between stone walls, its railing running in a long horizontal line along the top.
Nijubashi, the title, is the name commonly used for the two bridges, taken together, that cross the moat on the way from the main gate of the Imperial Palace to the palace buildings. The name is said to come from the farther bridge, which in the Edo period was a wooden one with a double (niju) structure, its girders held up by a support set partway across.
Turn to the whitish surface of the moat on the left, and you'll see several small, dark shapes floating there. They look like birds, dotted here and there on the water, away from the bustle of the procession.
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- Source title
- 『東京名所帖』（1800年代）
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- National Diet Library, Japan
- Why it's free to use
- Copyright expired (public domain)
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- Made
- 120+ years ago (1800s)
- Added to site
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