| Title |
Asahi Kan Inn, Futami, Japan [015] |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Photo Number |
Box 23, Architecture, 54 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1959 |
| Subject |
Architecture, Japanese--Japan--Ise--Photographs; Hotels--Japan--Ise--Photographs; Interior architecture--Japan--Ise--Photographs; Interior decoration--Japan--Ise--Photographs; Tokonoma (Architecture)--Japan--Ise--Photographs; Japan; Architecture; Travel |
| Keywords |
Asahi Kan; Futamigaura; Interiors; Tokonoma; Alcoves; Chigai-dana; Inns |
| Spatial Coverage |
Futami-cho (Mie-ken, Japan); Ise-shi (Japan) |
| Description |
Photo of a chigai-dana (staggered shelves) at the old Asahi Kan Inn, Futami, Japan |
| Caption on Slide |
Interior (detail), chigai-dana, old Asahi Kan Inn, Japan. |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. Asahi Kan is one of historical inns facing Futamigaura (Bay of Futami), Japan. The city of Futami became part of the city of Ise in 2005. Tokonoma is a section of a Japanese room, in which a platform is raised for diplays of kakejiku (art/calligraphy scrolls), ikebana, koto, ceramics, vases, pottery, and other kinds of art display. chigai-dana, in Japanese architecture, shelves built into a wall, a feature of the shoin style of domestic architecture, which first appeared during the Kamakura period (1192-1333). What was previously a freestanding bookcase for scrolls and other objects became, with the chigai-dana, a built-in wall storage area, a companion bay to the tokonoma (alcove for the display of art objects), which is sometimes open and sometimes closed with sliding doors. Note: The word chigai-dana (chigai: different; dana: shelf) suggests how the shelves are hung: two or more are always arranged in a staggered manner, usually with a continuous shelf above.--Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Academic Edition. |
| Type |
Image |
| Creator |
Tierney, Lennox |
| 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. |
| Textual Date |
1947-2004 |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s61j9smb |
| 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 |
330441 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61j9smb |
