Ise Grand Shrine: Geku (Outer Shrine), Ise, Japan [021]

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Title Ise Grand Shrine: Geku (Outer Shrine), Ise, Japan [021]
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 29, Japan, Ise Shrines, 119
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1963
Subject Ise Daijingū--Japan--Ise--Photographs; Shinto shrines--Japan--Ise--Photographs; Architecture--Japan--Ise--Photographs; Japan; Shinto; Shrines
Keywords Naikū; Kotai Jingū; Kotaijingu; Gekū; Toyouke Daijingu; Sengyo no Gi; Shikinen Sengu
Spatial Coverage Honshū (Japan); Mie-ken (Japan); Ise-shi (Japan); Uji-tachi (Japan)
Description Photograph of alternate building site, Ise Grand Shrine, Ise, Japan; probably at Naiku (Inner Shrine); but possibly at Geku (Outer Shrine)
Caption on Slide Alternate site for shrine at Ise.
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: Gekū and Naikū. 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, 32 of them are connected to Gekū and 91 to Naikū.--Wikipedia. Note: Orignial caption information provided for this image: "Alternate Site for Naiku Shrine at Ise."
Type Image
Creator Tierney, Lennox
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ARK ark:/87278/s6cz3q5n
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 332172
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6cz3q5n
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