この円月橋(ムーンブリッジ)は小石川後楽園内の旧神田上水跡 に架かる橋で、水戸藩主徳川光圀の命により、明の儒学者朱舜水が設計 した我が国初の石造アーチ橋である。円月橋はもともと中国で考案され、その後日本に伝わった。形式的な設計の庭園では、円月橋は水面にその姿が反射するように配置され、高いアーチと水面に映った影で形成された円は、満月を象徴している。この小石川後楽園の円月橋は石造単アーチ橋で、立面はアーチ部の迫石と壁石からなる。
参考:Wikipedia
This stone bridge is said to have been designed by Zhu Zhiyu, a Confucian scholar from the Ming dynasty who was invited as a guest master by Mitsukuni, the second lord of the Mito Tokugawa clan. It was given this name because its reflection on the water looks like a full moon. It is said to be one of the oldest in the region outside of Okinawa and Kyushu. This stone bridge is said to have been designed by Zhu Shunsui, a Confucian scholar from the Ming dynasty who was invited as a guest master by Mitsukuni, the second lord of the Mito Tokugawa clan. It was given this name because its reflection on the water looks like a full moon. It is said to be one of the oldest in the region outside of Okinawa and Kyushu.
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