Owatari Bridge

…The temple was granted official status in 1608 (Shoō ​​1) and prospered as a place of prayer for the nobility and samurai. Yoshitada's achievements include large-scale civil engineering projects such as wilderness development, but especially noteworthy are his attempts to build a bridge over the Midorikawa River, the fastest river in Higo, where many lives are lost every year due to the sinking of ferry boats, and his completion of the so-called Owatari Bridge at Kawajiri Owatari. In later generations, this sect was called the Hoō school or the Kangan school. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Owatari Bridge" is listed below.

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…同寺は88年(正応1)官寺の許可を得，公家武家の祈禱所として繁栄した。義尹の功業としては，荒野開発などをはじめとする大土木工事が注目されるが，とくに，渡舟の沈没により毎年多数の人命が奪われる肥後第一の急流緑川に架橋を試み，河尻大渡の地に，いわゆる大渡橋を竣工させるなどの偉業は，特筆すべきものである。後世この門派を法王派，または寒巌派と呼ぶ。…

※「大渡橋」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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