Temples: Tofukuji Temple, Kyoto, Japan [027]

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Title Temples: Tofukuji Temple, Kyoto, Japan [027]
Photo Number Box 32, Japan, Kyoto, Temples, Tofukuji, 24
Description Photograph of painting on silk, Tofukuji Temple, Kyoto, Japan
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1978
Subject Tōfukuji (Kyoto, Japan)--Photographs; Zen temples--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Rinzai (Sect)--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Painting, Japanese--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Buddhist painting--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Buddhist art and symbolism--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Silk--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Nirvana--Art--Photographs; Japan History Kamakura period,--1185-1333--Photographs; Japan; Art; Painting; Zen Buddhism
Keywords Tōfuku-ji
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); Kyoto (Japan : Prefecture); Kyoto (Japan)
Caption on Slide Painting on silk, "Nirvana," Tofukuji Temple, Kyoto, Japan.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Tofukuji is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan and is one of the so-called Kyōto Gozan or "five great Zen temples of Kyōto." The temple was founded in 1236. The main gate is the oldest sanmon in Japan. It is considered to be a National Treasure of Japan.--Wikipedia. Note: Original caption information provided: "Exhibited annually on 15th of March, color on silk, 1421 Toyota, Muromachi Per."
Type Image
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ARK ark:/87278/s6891pg1
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 337413
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6891pg1
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