March 20, 2018

TENGU - Tengubashi bridges in Japan

https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.jp/2018/02/tengu-sumo-wrestling-legends.html

............................................................................... Miyagi 宮城県 
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仙台市 Sendai

Tengu sumotoriba 天狗相撲取場
On the eastern side of the 大倉ダム Okura Dam there is a steep cliff, and below it the 大倉川渓谷 Okuragawa gorge, spanned by the Tengubashi 天狗橋 Tengu-bashi, Tengu Bridge.
A Tengu has built it in just one night. At the cliff is the Shinto shrine 小倉神社 Ogura Jinja. Close by is the Sumo place of the Tengu.

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Tengu Bashi Ichinoseki Sendai

Original 19th century hand colored albumen photograph. Dimensions are 26.5 cm x 20.5 cm (10.5 in x 8 in).
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- - - - - Other bridges named 天狗橋 Tengubashi - often natural rock formations

Fukushima / 鮫川村 Samegawa
A natural stone bridge, almost 8 m long and 4 m wide.


Kagawa 香川県
On the way from 宇田津 Udatsu along 金比羅道 the road to Konpira san is a stone brigde, the Tengubashi. It is not known which stone mason built this bridge.

In Hiroshima is a bus stop named 天狗橋(広島県)on the way to Konpira san.


Miyagi 宮城県 / 桃生郡 Momou district 雄勝 Ogatsu
A dolmen stone formation which looks like a natural bridge. A Tengu built it in one night.


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