Shinto: Japan [018]

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Title Shinto: Japan [018]
Photo Number Box 37, Japan, Shinto, 24
Description Photograph of a gohei
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1982
Subject Shinto shrines--Japan--Photographs; Shinto Customs and practices--Japan--Photographs; Gohei (Shinto liturgical object)--Japan--Photographs; Trees--Japan--Photographs; Leaves--Japan--Photographs; Japan; Shinto; Leaves
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 Japan
Caption on Slide Shinto folded paper prayer (gohei).
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Gohei, in the Shintō religion of Japan, is a kind of paper or cloth offering made to a god. The gohei consists of an upright stick to which is attached a strip of paper or cloth folded in such a way that zigzag folds fall on either side. The many styles of gohei are differentiated from one another by the number of folds, manner of folding, colour, and material of the strips. According to one point of view, the gohei also operates as a symbol of the kami (god, or sacred power) and indicates that the deity is present in the shrine.--Encyclopædia Britannica.
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.
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ARK ark:/87278/s6b5724m
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 335462
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6b5724m
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