Kintai Bridge in Suō Province

What you see

The bridge crosses the scene from left to right in a chain of wooden arches that rise and fall over stone piers. Small travelers walk across it, with hats and loads on their shoulders. Below, a blue river runs between banks of pink sand. Behind rises a green mountain with a reddish summit, and on the left a castle peeks out from a hill.

The river’s blue deepens at the center of the current, and the sky shifts from dark grey at the top to pale beige. The piers are patterned with hexagonal stones. Seek out the blue rooftops in the lower right foreground and the tiny white bird flying high above.