Nov 17, 2021

Rajas album 1946 - Part 04 -kintai-kyo, the wooden bridge

 The Kintai-kyo  is a historic landmark wooden arch bridge at Iwakuni, Japan.The pedestrian bridge was built in 1673, spanning the Nishiki river in a series of five wooden arches. Raja's album captures the bridge in four different situations...






15 comments:

  1. What a marvelous wooden brigde! Interestingly, your 3rd historic photo shows an unusual river's highest water level, which reached the bridge.

    Have a nice time :-)

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  2. Un travail fabuleux que celui de la construction de ce magnifique pont en bois.

    Bisous

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  3. All I can say is, this is gorgeous.

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  4. Very interesting pictures !!!

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  5. Wonderful photos.
    Regards!

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  6. What a fabulous looking bridge, I love it.

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  7. Incredible architecture!

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  8. Beautiful captures, well preserved!

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  9. beautiful captures!
    the bridge looks like a dragon spanning the river.

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  10. Lovely pictures to have in your possession

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  11. i like bridges .
    this one is amazing ,the highest level of water reminds me story told by grandma when water crossed the bridge during flood .

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  12. wow, nice photos. I'm enjoying seeing these old photos.

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  13. Those bridges have such beautiful lines. I'm amazed at the quality of these photos over such a long time.

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  14. Interesting collections!

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