Gojo Bridge

{{Short description|Bridge in Kyoto, Japan}} {{expand language|topic=|langcode=JA|otherarticle=五条大橋|date=December 2019}} {{Infobox bridge | name = Gojo Bridge | native_name = | native_name_lang = | image = Kitagi stone 01 3.jpg | image_upright = | alt = | caption = The bridge in 2014 |mapframe=yes | coordinates = {{Coord|34|59|45|N|135|46|4|E|display=title, inline}} | os_grid_reference = | qid = | refs = | carries = | crosses = | locale = Kyoto, Japan | starts = | ends = | official_name = | other_name = | named_for = | owner = | maint = | heritage = | id = | id_type = | website = | preceded = | followed = | design = | material = | material1 = | material2 = | length = | width = | height = | depth = | traversable = | towpath = | mainspan = | number_spans = | piers_in_water = | load = | clearance_above = | clearance_below = | lanes = | life = | first_length = | first_diameter = | second_length = | second_diameter = | third_length = | third_diameter = | capacity = | num_track = | track_gauge = | structure_gauge = | electrification = | architect = | designer = | contracted_designer = | winner = | engineering = | builder = | fabricator = | begin = | complete = | cost = | open =  | inaugurated = | rebuilt = | collapsed = | closed = | replaces = | replaced_by = | traffic = | toll = | mapframe_zoom = | mapframe_width = | mapframe_height = | mapframe_marker = | mapframe_marker_color = | mapframe_lat = | mapframe_long = | extra =  }} '''Gojō Bridge''', or {{nihongo|'''Gojō Ōhashi'''|五条大橋||}} ''' Bridge''', is a bridge in Kyoto, Japan, spanning the Kamo River. The current bridge was built in 1959.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Asano|first=John|title=6 Must See Bridges in Kyoto|url=https://theculturetrip.com/asia/japan/articles/6-must-see-bridges-in-kyoto/|access-date=2021-08-12|website=Culture Trip|date=16 January 2017 |archive-date=2021-08-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210812093451/https://theculturetrip.com/asia/japan/articles/6-must-see-bridges-in-kyoto/|url-status=live}}</ref> The original Gojō Bridge, located to the north, was known as the site of Minamoto no Yoshitsune's encounter and subsequent duel with Benkei. A sculpture near the current Gojō Bridge depicts the meeting.<ref>{{Cite book|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=soJ1DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA142|title = Dancer, Nun, Ghost, Goddess: The Legend of Giō and Hotoke in Japanese Literature, Theater, Visual Arts, and Cultural Heritage|isbn = 9789004356320|last1 = Strippoli|first1 = Roberta|date = 2017-11-27|access-date = 2019-12-18|archive-date = 2021-05-04|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210504140926/https://books.google.com/books?id=soJ1DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA142|url-status = live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://thekyotoproject.org/english/yoshitsune-minamoto/| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150306231455/http://thekyotoproject.org/english/yoshitsune-minamoto| archive-date = 2015-03-06| title = The Legend of Yoshitsune Minamoto {{!}} The Kyoto Project}}</ref>

<gallery> File:Ushiwakamaru and Benkei at Gojo Bridge.jpg|Nearby statues depicting Minamoto no Yoshitsune's encounter with Benkei </gallery>

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==External links== * {{Commons category-inline|Gojō Ōhashi}}

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