日光神橋
Shinkyo (Sacred Bridge), Nikko
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A gently arched bridge spans a river flowing through a deep valley. Stone piers standing on both banks hold up the bridge, and wooded mountains rise close behind. It appears in Nihon Meisho Kyuseki Sangyo Shashinshu (Photographs of Japan's Famous Places, Historic Sites and Industries), in the volume on the Kanto region, published in 1918 (Taisho 7).
Shinkyo is the bridge of Nikko Futarasan Shrine over the Daiya River. Legend says that when Shodo Shonin, who opened Nikko, could not cross the rapids, a god appeared and released two snakes, and the sedge (yamasuge) growing on their backs became a bridge. Its present vermilion-lacquered form was set in 1636 (Kan'ei 13). The bridge was washed away in a flood in 1902 (Meiji 35) and rebuilt in its original form in 1904 (Meiji 37).
Shinkyo is a national Important Cultural Property and part of the World Heritage Site "Shrines and Temples of Nikko." Since 1973 (Showa 48) the general public has been allowed to cross it, and today you can walk on the bridge for a fee.
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- 『日本名勝旧蹟産業写真集.関東地方之部』（大正7年）
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