Megane Bridge

For the bridge within the Tokyo Imperial Palace also known as Meganebashi, see Seimon Ishibashi.

Meganebashi (眼鏡橋) or Spectacles Bridge, over the Nakashima River (中島川) was built in Nagasaki in 1634 by the Chinese monk Mokusunyoujo who was in the second generation of Chinese monks living at Kofukuji Temple.

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