The Ikeda Bridge (池田矼, Ikeda-bashi) is a 10-metre long, 3-metre wide, arched, Ryūkyū limestone ( 琉球石灰岩) bridge near the mouth of the Sakita River in Miyakojima, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan. It is the only bridge of its kind on the island of Miyakojima and was designated a Prefectural Historic Site in July 1977. [1] [2] It is one of the extra 20 bridges of "100 Noted Bridges in Japan". [3]
History
The Ikeda bridge is said to have been built in the era of the Zhengde Emperor around 1506-1521 together with another bridge, Shimojiba Suuntu, which was later swept away. The first documentary evidence for the bridge is the 1727 Diary of the Yousei Age (雍正旧記, Yōsei-kyūki), the era of the Yongzheng Emperor. [2] The bridge was repaired in 1817. [4]
See also
References
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^ Higa Kei, ed. (1983). "Okinawa Encyclopedia". Okinawa Times. p. 154.
{{ cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=( help) - ^ a b "宮古島の文化財 県関係" [Prefectural Cultural Properties in Miyakojima] (in Japanese). Miyakojima City. Retrieved 15 June 2012.[ permanent dead link]
- ^ Matsumura Hiroshi (1998). 100 Noted Bridges in Japan. Kashima Shuppankai. ISBN 4-306-09355-7.
- ^ Officials of the Ryukyuan Government dispatiched to Miyako, The Official documents of officials dispatched to Miyako
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