Gojo Ohashi Bridge

Japanese: 五条大橋 - ごじょうおおはし

A bridge over the Kamo River (Kamo River) in Kyoto. It is so named because it is located on Gojo Street, but the current Gojo Street is the former Rokujo Bomon Koji, and the Gojo Bridge, where Ushiwakamaru and Benkei met in legend, was located on the current Matsubara Street (old Gojo Oji) until the Middle Ages (around the current Matsubara Bridge). The change in the street name and the relocation of the bridge are said to have been ordered by Toyotomi Hideyoshi when the Great Buddha Hall of Hoko-ji Temple was built in 1589. The old Gojo Bridge was also called Kiyomizu Bridge because it was on the pilgrimage route to Kiyomizu Temple, and it was also called Kanjin Bridge because repairs to damaged areas were carried out through fundraising by the monks of Kiyomizu Temple. It was already built in the first half of the 12th century, and is sung about as a stone bridge in the Ryojin Hisho.

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Japanese:

京都の鴨川（賀茂川）に架かる橋。五条通にあるためこの名があるが，現在の五条通はかつての六条坊門小路にあたり，伝説にいう牛若丸と弁慶の出会いの橋である中世までの五条橋は現在の松原通（旧五条大路）に架かっていた（現松原橋あたり）。通名の変更と橋の移設は，1589年の方広(ほうこう)寺大仏殿の造営に際して豊臣秀吉が命じたものという。旧五条橋は清水(きよみず)寺参詣路にあたるため清水橋ともよばれ，破損修理が清水寺の僧侶の勧進(かんじん)によって行われていたため勧進橋の称もあった。12世紀前半には既に架橋されており，《梁塵秘抄》には石橋として歌われている。

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