| Creator |
Toyotomi Hideyoshi -- Architect -- Japanese -- Male; Ikeda Terumasa -- Architect -- Japanese -- Male; Akamatsu clan -- Architects -- Japanese |
| Title |
Himeji Castle (Hakurojo, Shirasagijo, "White Heron Castle") |
| Spatial Coverage |
Himeji, Hyogo-ken, Japan |
| Description |
Interior view. |
| Work Dates |
1333-46, major expansions 1601-1608; 1580 demolished and rebuilt by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, 1601-08 rebuilt by Ikeda Terumasa |
| Date Earliest |
1581 |
| Century |
16, 17 |
| Style Period |
Japanese, Sengoku (Muromachi, Medieval); Japanese, Momoyama (early modern); Japanese, Edo (early modern) |
| Culture |
Japanese |
| Material |
Wood, Stone, Plaster, Tile |
| Subject |
Fortifications -- Castles |
| Image Source |
Kazuo Matsubayashi. |
| Rights |
Digital image copyright 2003, Kazuo Matsubayashi, University of Utah. All rights reserved. |
| Contributing Institution |
University of Utah |
| CA+P Accession No. |
KM-0998 |
| Format |
image/jpeg |
| Type |
Image |
| Digitization Specifications |
Scanned with Nikon LS-4000 ED film scanner and saved as uncompressed TIFF. Color corrected manually in Photoshop CS and converted to JPEG. |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6b27zmm |
| Setname |
uu_cap_coa |
| ID |
90680 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6b27zmm |
