Gardens, Japanese: Saihoji Temple, Kyoto, Japan [044]

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Title Gardens, Japanese: Saihoji Temple, Kyoto, Japan [044]
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 25, Japan, Gardens, Saihoji Moss, 16
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970; 1971; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1976; 1977; 1978; 1979; 1980; 1981; 1982; 1983; 1984; 1985; 1986; 1987; 1988; 1989; 1990; 1991; 1992; 1993; 1994; 1995; 1996; 1997; 1998; 1999; 2000
Subject Saihōji (Kyoto, Japan)--Photographs; Gardens, Japanese--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Bridges--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Autumn--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Fall foliage--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Japan; Gardens; Temples
Keywords Kokedera
Spatial Coverage Honshū (Japan); Kyoto (Japan : Prefecture); Kyoto (Japan)
Description Photograph of a bridge in garden during autumn, Saihoji Temple, Kyoto, Japan
Caption on Slide Moss garden, autumn view, Saihoji Temple, Kyoto, Japan.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Saiho-ji Temple is located in Kyoto, Japan. The temple area is covered by more than 120 types of moss, resembling a beautiful green carpet - thus its other name, Kokedera Temple, which literally means "Moss Temple." The garden, designated as a special place of scenic beauty, consists of a lower landscape garden surrounding a pond shaped like the Chinese character kokoro (heart), and an upper dry landscape-style rock garden.--Welcome to Kyoto website. Note: According to the Welcome to Kyoto website, Saiho-ji Temple is an ancient temple said to have been established by the monk Gyoki during the Nara Period. In 1339, it was restored and converted into a Zen temple by the monk Muso Soseki. Note: Original caption: "Saihoji (Moss Garden) Kyoto, Japan des. by Fujiwara Morokazu and Fujiwara Chikahide 1190 to 1199 a.d., 1st Dry Garden"
Type Image
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Rights Management This material may be protected by copyright. Permission required for use in any form. For further information please contact the Multimedia Archivist, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah.
Textual Date 1947-2004
ARK ark:/87278/s6474sqm
Digitization Specifications Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000.
Donor Lennox Tierney; Catherine Tierney
Setname uum_lctpc
ID 331044
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6474sqm