防州岩國錦帯橋（一名算盤橋）
Kintai Bridge (Abacus Bridge), Iwakuni
Kintai Bridge was built in 1673 and swept away by a flood the next year. It was rebuilt that same year on strengthened piers and then stood for more than 270 years without being washed away. "Boshu" in the title means Suo Province, the eastern part of today's Yamaguchi Prefecture.
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The photo's title reads "Kintai Bridge, Iwakuni, Boshu, also called Soroban Bridge (Abacus Bridge)." Boshu means Suo Province, the eastern part of today's Yamaguchi Prefecture. The photo appears in the album Nihon Hyakkei (One Hundred Views of Japan), published in 1896 (Meiji 29).
Kintai Bridge is a wooden bridge over the Nishiki River in Iwakuni, Yamaguchi, built in 1673 by Kikkawa Hiroyoshi, lord of the Iwakuni domain. It is made of five arches in a row. A flood swept it away the year after it was completed, but it was rebuilt that same year on strengthened piers.
It then stood for more than 270 years without being washed away, until Typhoon Kezia carried it off in 1950. It was rebuilt in 1953. The bridge is a national Place of Scenic Beauty, and in 2004 it completed a full rebuilding known as the "Heisei Rebuilding."
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