1896 Print Zusui Pottage Bashi Bridge Hashiba Shimajima Nagano Japan Love XGEB7 XANA8 Waters of sanctuary door knockers

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1896 Print Zusui Pottage Bashi Bridge Hashiba Shimajima Nagano Japan Love XGEB7 XANA8 Waters of sanctuary door knockersThis is an original 1896 black and white halftone print of a bridge connecting Hashiba and Shimajima in the Nagano Prefecture of Japan called the Zosui Bashi. Translated, this is called the "Rice soup Bridge" or the "Bridge of the mess pottage." Named for a Japanese dish, that in this time was only eaten by "the poorest people," because it is built in honor of a local legend. It is said in the Hashiba area that two young lovers of were kept apart by