Temples: Engakuji Temple, Kamakura, Japan [012]

Request Archival File or Update Item Information
Title Temples: Engakuji Temple, Kamakura, Japan [012]
Photo Number Box 30, Japan, Kamakura, Kenchoji, etc., 24
Description Photograph of Roshi Soen Nakagawa, Engakuji Temple, Kamakura, Japan
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1968
Subject Engakuji (Kamakura-shi, Japan)--Photographs; Zen temples--Japan--Kamakura--Photographs; Interior architecture--Japan--Kamakura--Photographs; Hōjō, Tokimune, 1251-1284--Photographs; Japan; Zen Buddhism; Men; Monks; Abbots
Keywords Enkakuji; Engaku-ji; Zuirokuzan Engaku Kōshō Zenji; Ryūtaku-ji; Zabutons
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Holding Institution Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Spatial Coverage Honshū (Japan); Kanagawa-ken (Japan); Kamakura-shi (Japan)
Caption on Slide Roshi Soen Nakagawa of Ryutakuji Temple (11/1/1968), Engakuji Temple, Kamakura, Japan.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Engaku-ji Temple is one of the most important Zen Buddhist temple complexes in Japan and is ranked second among Kamakura's five great Zen temples. It was founded by the ruling regent Hojo Tokimune in the year 1282.--Japan Guide website. Note: Soen Nakagawa (1907-1984) had a major impact on Zen as it was practiced in the 20th century, both in Japan and abroad. Ryutakuji Temple is located in Mishima, Japan.--Wikipedia. Note: Ryutakuji - See images with File Names: japan_china_r_070, sl_aspectsofthejapanesegarden022, sl_aspectsofthejapanesegarden092, sl_aspectsofthejapanesegarden102, sl_aspectsofthejapanesegarden096 and sl_japanteaceremony072.
Type Image
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.
Rights
ARK ark:/87278/s6ms49gj
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 338161
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6ms49gj
Back to Search Results