Inscription, "Tsu no kuni Mikage, auspicious day of the fifth month of Tensh_ 17 (1589)"
Japan, Momoyama period (1392-1572)
Kyoto National Museum
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The pillars and beams, dated Tensho 17 (1589), were part of the construction project of the Great Gojo Bridge across the Kamo River in Kyoto by the warlord Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1536-98). Inscribed on the front are four characters, Tsu no kuni Mikage, which indicate that it was transported from Mikage (present-day Kobe City) of Settsu Province (known in ancient times as Tsu no kuni).
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