甲斐御嶽神橋
Mitake Shinkyo (Sacred Bridge), Kai Province
A bright band crosses a valley hemmed in by cliffs and trees.
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Hemmed in on both sides by black cliffs and trees, the valley opens onto a bright sky above. A little above the middle, a bright horizontal band, like timbers laid side by side, runs straight across from left to right.
At the bottom of the valley, many whitish, rounded stones are heaped together. Between the black trees and cliffs, their whiteness glows like scattered grains.
The title is "Kai Mitake Shinkyo," and the photo appears in Nihon Meisho Shashincho (Photographs of Famous Places in Japan), published in 1898 (Meiji 31). However, we could not confirm in official sources or dictionaries which bridge the title's "Shinkyo" (sacred bridge) refers to, so we describe only the scenery and the title.
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- Source title
- 『日本名勝写真帖』（明治31年10月）
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