The Japanese use red frequently in their temples, often for the toori gates: https://www.flickr.com/photos/eishier/6850438593
Many of the bridges I've seen in Japan are not red, but wood or stone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kintai_Bridge Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 3:02 PM, John <[email protected]> wrote: > Is there a significance to the color red for bridges in Japanese gardens? > > One of our local gardens has a similar bridge in their Japanese garden > section & they've painted it red as well. > > https://media-cdn.tripadvisor.com/media/photo-s/02/e8/13/bc/ > sarah-p-duke-gardens.jpg > > > > On 12/30/2016 11:29 PM, Philip Northeast wrote: > >> The red bridge in the Japanese section of the Royal Botanical Gardens in >> Hobart >> >> https://flic.kr/p/QyWvLk >> >> K1 with Sigma 35mm f1.4 art >> > > -- > Science - Questions we may never find answers for. > Religion - Answers we must never question. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
