Reconstruction of a traditional
Timber Bridge
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removal of a shrine
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1.General history
2.Rebuilding of Uji Bridge at 2008-2009
3.Other Japanies ancient wood buildings
4.The maintenance of the bridge in Japan
5.Consideration
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• Area of Ise-grand shrain
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• Uji-jinngu main shrain, every 20years newly
move to neighbor graund since AD690.
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• Around １８７７ take the photograph from
west side, at east side can see the houses.
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• General side view. from old days same scale.
• Total length 108m
• 13span, each span has 6.1m~7.9m
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• Bridge section, at old days effective width
was something narrow,3m~6m.
Before 60th rebuilding at 1969,
bridge pier was installed
directly to riverbed.
Today concrete footing.
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61st reconstructed Uji-bridge at 1989, this photo was taken at
2007. In past 18years open, only surface parts are exchanged.
Every year crossing more than 7millonen passengers.
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• Drift wood protection
• At each reconstruction this drift wood protection are also
removed.
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At July 2008 bigan dismantling work for 1989’s
Uji-bridge
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• Removed pier column,
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• East side half are now assembled.
• Pier parts are zelkova,and main beam Japanies hinoki
(Japanese cypress)
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• Bottom side of pier are protected by cupper plate.
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• Safety net for working
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North side view
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• On the top surfaces of main beam hinoki (Japanese
cypress) covered by copper sheet.
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• Temporary steel bridge for walkers.
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• People can observe the bridging work
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• People are observing the work for 20th years
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• 62th at 2009 reconstructed Uji-bridge.
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• ２００9 Newly reconstructed Uji-bridge before
new bridge crossing ceremony,pictured from east
side.
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• At 3.December 2009 new bridge crossing ceremony.
First cross an aged woman as a gurdian angel.
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• Around 1650,First bridge crossing. An aged woman as a
gurdian angel and temporary bridge can seen.
• Such wood block print was sold for pilgrim.
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• Imperial Meiji (1868-1912) crossing the Uji-bridge
This wood blook print was from Japanies famous AndohHiroshige. Such Print was also sold for pilgrim.
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Pilgrim throw money and in the river catch it using umbrella.
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From ancient, many pilgrim coming.
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• Houryuu-ji temple,
Oldest wooden temple in the world, registered for heritage.
AD 607 erected, in side many national treasures.
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• Kinntai-bridge;
Iwakuni, Yamaguchi.
• First erected 1673, after many times carried away by the flood.
• Last reconstruction was 1953.
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• Saruhashi-bridge ; Ootsuki
Yamanashi.
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• Katsura-bridge
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Tokushima Prf, in Shikoku
Every ３～４year rebuild
using long creeper.
Ancient time this bridge was
used for local people.
But today this bridge is only
for tourist attraction, so
reinforced by steel wire.
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• Considerations
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To build bridge using
wood are sometimes unexpected price.
② And its maintenance cost are also unexpected.
③ People are expecting a governmental enough subsidy.
④ But today in such a depression, it is impossible.
⑤ In case of Uji-bridge, came no official subsidy, after the war, donation only.
⑥ Deep consideration must be ahead, when, where, how to build the new bridge.
⑦ How to keep Technical transform to next generation and for long time.
⑧ To solve problem, Ise-grand shrain has chosen “Same place,same structure. “
⑨ Only new technology which developed in that 20years has been added.
⑩ And reconstructed year data are written in the bronze reek railing top ornament.
⑪ In reek top ornament, the another detail data were written where is storehouse.
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Bronze leek railing top ornament
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Thank you
Danke
多謝
ありがとう
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