Gionbashi
November 2004

Gionbashi.....It is a wonder that it stands,
but I heard that the tilted stone pillar keeps it from collapsing.
The old lady I met last time said that she heard about this water being red with blood
at the Amakusa Shiro revolt. When she was the little girl, she remembers picking grean
"nori" in the spring. This water raises when the tide comes in.

Rugged stone bridge, it is a miracle that it is still standing.
There is a shrine across the bridge.

This is Martyred Park in a different place where the Spirit of the people at Gionbashi,
"Gion Bridge" is enshrined.

This is where the divided heads of the martyred Christians
who didn't step on the "fumie" are buried.

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