Bridge at Arashiyama near Kyoto. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across the wooden bridge over the Katsura River in the Kyoto suburb of Arashiyama, towards the wooded hills on the far side.
Genre: Landscape Photography Side view of the bridge: 'This bridge, which spans a mountain stream flowing between the village of Nikko and the enclosure containing the twent-eight great Nikko temples, was built in 1638. It is 84 feet long and 18 feet wide. It was formerly closed to all persons ...