Ise Grand Shrine: Geku (Outer Shrine), Ise, Japan [026]

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Title Ise Grand Shrine: Geku (Outer Shrine), Ise, Japan [026]
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 29, Japan, Ise Shrines, 36
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1950
Subject Ise Daijingū--Japan--Ise--Photographs; Shinto shrines--Japan--Ise--Photographs; Torii--Japan--Ise--Photographs; Japan; Shinto; Shrines; Women; Trees
Keywords Gekū; Toyouke Daijingu
Spatial Coverage Honshū (Japan); Mie-ken (Japan); Ise-shi (Japan)
Description Photograph of torii, Ise Grand Shrine, Ise, Japan; possibly at Geku (Outer Shrine)
Caption on Slide Torii, Ise Grand Shrine, Ise, Japan.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Ise Grand Shrine (Ise Jingū) is a Shinto shrine located in the city of Ise in Mie prefecture, Japan. Ise Jingū is in fact a shrine complex composed of a large number of Shinto shrines centered on two main shrines: Naikū and Gekū. The Inner Shrine, Naikū (officially known as "Kotai Jingū"), is located in the town of Uji-tachi, south of central Ise City. The Outer Shrine, Gekū (officially known as "Toyouke Daijingu"), is located about six kilometers from Naikū. There are an additional 123 Shinto shrines in Ise City and the surrounding areas, 91 of them are connected to Naikū and 32 to Gekū.--Wikipedia. Note: Photographs of Geku and Naiku at: http://www.isejingu.or.jp/english/index.htm Note: Original caption information provided as: "Tori Torii Grand Shrine Naiku Ise Japan."
Type Image
Creator Tierney, Lennox
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ARK ark:/87278/s6320bwx
Digitization Specifications Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000.
Donor Tierney, Lennox; Tierney, Catherine
Setname uum_lctpc
ID 332275
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