甲斐猿橋
Saruhashi, Kai Province
A single white stream threads along the floor of a dark valley. Only the far, upper end of the valley is bright and hazy.
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The stream winds thin and narrow from the bottom of the picture to the top. From both sides, dark cliffs or thickets of trees press in close. At the far upper end, the valley grows bright and hazy, like sky or mist. Trees peek out at the back right.
Saruhashi is a bridge spanning the gorge of the Katsura River, set atop sheer cliffs about 30 meters high. Because piers could not be built in the gorge, a way of building it called hanegi-shiki was devised. It has long been known as one of the "Three Strange Bridges of Japan" and is now a National Place of Scenic Beauty.
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- Source title
- 『日本名勝写真帖』（明治31年10月）
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- National Diet Library, Japan
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- Taken
- 128+ years ago
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