Taiheikaku Bridge and lake (frozen) at Heian Shrine

A black and white lanscape photograph showing a covered bridge across a frozen lake with snow-covered trees on nearby banks. The bridge can be seen in the backfround with the frozen surface of the lake occupying the foreground. There is a hole in the ice to the right of the image. The roof of the bridge is covered in snow. Original caption (printed beneath): 'KYOTO-HEIAN SHRINE'.

Heian Shrine is a Shinto shrine located in Sakyō-ku in Kyoto in Japan. Taiheikaku Bridge crosses a lake in its garens

Object Details

ID: ALB0477.27
Type: Photographic print
Display location: Not on display
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Parts: British India Steam Navigation Co. Ltd services from India to Far East via Intermediate ports. (Photograph album)