Bridge (hashi)

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. Edo no hashi 江戸の橋　the bridges of Edo .
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Bridge (hashi　橋)

***** Location: Japan, worldwide
***** Season: Non-seasonal Topic
***** Category: Humanity

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Explanation



colors moving
in clear water -
a bridge to you

© Gabi Greve, Takamatsu, Ritsurin Park

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A bridge in the sky, RAINBOW
kigo for all summer


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Kamo Ohashi (Kamo oohashi 賀茂大橋)
The great bridge over the Kamo River in Kyoto
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. Kamogawa Odori 鴨川踊 Kamogawa Dance .
and the "long" bridge over the Kamo River 京師 Keishi
by Ando Hiroshige 1797-1858



陽炎や賀茂の大橋浮き沈み
kageroo ya Kamo no oohashi uki-shizumi

heat shimmers -
the great bridge over Kamo river
bobs up and down

Hyakushoo 百姓


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meganebashi 眼鏡橋　Eyeglass Bridge
Nishi Ôtani (Nishi Ôtani Megane-bashi) - Kyoto



Hasegawa Sadanobu I (1809–1879).
Famous Places in the Capital (Miyako meisho no uchi)
「都名所之内 西大谷 目鏡橋


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Meganebashi 眼鏡橋 or Spectacles Bridge,
over the Nakashima River (中島川) was built in Nagasaki in 1634 by the Japanese monk Mokusu of Kofukuji Temple. It is said to be the oldest stone arch bridge in Japan and has been designated as an Important Cultural Property. It received the nickname "Spectacles Bridge" because its two arches and their reflection in the water create the image of a pair of spectacles. On July 23, 1982, a disastrous deluge washed away six of the ten stone bridges over the Nakashima River.
Meganebashi was badly damaged but fortunately almost all the original stones were retrieved and the bridge was restored to its original appearance.
There is a similar but larger "Spectacles Bridge" in Isahaya Park.
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Shijoo oohashi 四条大橋 big bridge at Shijo

Gojoo oohashi 五条大橋 big bridge at Gojo

. Kyoto (Hana no Miyako) .


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Onibashi 鬼橋 the Demon Bridge

This bridge has been constructed during the times of the Great Deities, when Taishaku Ten had the demons build it in one night.
In former times, when you could pass this bridge, it would lead you to the Buddhist Paradise.
If you could not pass this bridge, it would lead you to a life in Hell.

Some legends say a demon threw himself over the river to become a bridge.
Other legends say a demon was slain and the Lord of the Region placed his dead body over the river as a bridge.

Some Onibashi are made of stone, with a supporting pillar in the middle. This pillar is the body of a demon.


. Taishakuten 帝釈天 Taishaku Ten .


- - - - - Legends about Bridges - 576 entries
- source : yokai database -

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. Ryōgokubashi 両国橋　Ryogoku Bridge .
Ryōgoku　両国 Ryogoku district in Edo

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Yatsuhashi 　八橋　means "eight bridges."
It is named for a location on the Azuma River renowned in Japanese literature, where the water branched into eight channels, each with its own bridge. It is also thought that on crooked bridges one can avoid evil spirits that flow in straight lines.

Iris and the Yatsuhashi bridge are the subject of many folding screens and other works of art.

Read more about Iris and the Yatsuhashi bridge here.

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. Edo no hashi 江戸の橋　the bridges of Edo .

Nihonbashi, The Central Bridge of Edo 日本橋




. Nihonbashi bridge 日本橋 and Haiku 　


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一文橋 Ichimonbashi, Kyoto, Nagaoka


さむしろや一文橋も霧の立
samushiro ya Ichimonbashi mo kiri no tatsu


small straw mat -
even on Ichimonbashi
mist rises

Kobayashi Issa


Explanation from Nakamura Sakuo:
At Issa’s time, there was a badge keeper who asked passengers to pay a toll that was one mon 文　（currency small unit ） that is similar to 1 yen or 1 cent.
Whose property is the small straw mat? It was a beggar’s who sat on the mat at the bridge site , asking “Give me a cent “ ( a mon 文).
Do you find poetic pillow word 枕詞 that is sa in samushiro . By this [sa] Issa pictured the poor scene as beautiful poetic scene.
samushiro さむしろ【狭筵】



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Snow at Kamibashi Bridge, Nikko
1930 woodblock print by Hasui Kawase
Hasui Kawase (1883 – 1957) 川瀬 巴水
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***** Setabashi Bridge at Lake Biwa


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The Inland Sea Bridges Road, Shimanami Kaidoo
しまなみ海道

Gabi Greve about a Haiku Pilgrimage along this road.




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submerging bridges along the Shimanto River,
chinkabashi, Shikoku
沈下橋, 四万十川, 四国




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Hanging Bridge in Iya Valley, Shikoku
かずら橋,　祖谷山 Kazurabashi




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Rainbow Bridge, Yokohama
横浜のレインボーブリッジ



Many Photos
http://tokyoyakei.halfmoon.jp/2bridge/2bridge.html

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Worldwide use



London Bridge


she still remembers
the songs from the past -
London bridge

Gabi Greve
in memory of my grandmother


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Manila, Philippies, Quezon Bridge

at 6:00 P.M.
the stench of the hanging
Quezon Bridge

night trip
an almost empty ferry boat
passes by the bridge


Willie Bongcaron, Urban Haiku


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Sidney Harbour Bridge


at Pylon Point
atop the Harbour Bridge
a ship crawls in

Sunil Uniyal


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Things found on the way

Search for the enlightened
and you will not achieve a tranquil mind.
Travel to the ultimate source
and you will encounter a broken bridge.


Chijue Daochong 癡絶道冲 (J., Chizetsu Dochu)
Chinese Zen master, 1169–1250


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. Enkiribashi　縁切り橋　bridge to cut off bad luck .

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- - - - - Bridges in Edo to be explored
Senju Ohashi 千住大橋、六郷橋 Rokugo hashi (六郷川 Rokugogawa)
Shin Ohashi 新大橋 in 1693
Eitaibashi 新大橋 in 1696

. Famous Places of Edo .

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HAIKU

building bridges
where there is no river--
the politician

R. K. Singh, India, May 2006

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On the wind swayed bridge
Ganges pilgrims, eyes downcast
Humbly gaze below

© michael epstein, 11-24-03

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From the Shiki Kukai April 2007

mountain bridge —
I pass through
the clouds

Kala Ramesh

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April rain --
the floods carry
away the bridge

~ Lazarus Ogembo

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barefoot bridge --
a boy tiptoes on a log
across the stream

-- Anne Nechesa

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salvation --
my only bridge
to heaven

~ Francis Mwangangi

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pedestrian bridge —
memories of the madman
who lived here

Isabelle Prondzynski


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About a bridge in Osaka, Japan

viewing the bridge
changing colours
the couple move away

Alan Summers & Ian Turner
Publications credits: Presence


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footsteps halt
on the wooden bridge -
white pond lilies

- Shared by Tomislav Maretic, Croatia -
Joys of Japan, 2012




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Related words

observance kigo for early autumn

. kasasagi no hashi 鵲の橋 "magpie bridge" .
On the Tanabata star festival night, magpies come togther to build a bridge with their wings to make the stars reach each other.
..... hoshi no hashi 星の橋（ほしのはし）bridge for the stars
yukiai no hashi 行合の橋（ゆきあいのはし）bridge to meet
yoriba no hashi 寄羽の橋（よりばのはし）
ama no sayohashi 天の小夜橋（あまのさよはし）
momiji no hashi 紅葉の橋（もみじのはし）"red leaves bridge"
ujaku no hashi 烏鵲の橋（うじゃくのはし） magpie bridge

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The Hanging-cloud Bridge at Mount Gyodo near Ashikaga
(Ashikaga Gyōdōzan kumo no kakehashi)
“Unusual Views of Celebrated Bridges in the Provinces”
諸国名橋奇覧
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849)

source : kiritz.jp/2012/08/hokusai

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***** River (kawa)

***** Rainbow (niji)

***** China : Anji Bridge


***** Bridges in the USA
Bay Bridge San Francisco
Brooklyn Bridge New York

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