| Title |
Japanese arts and crafts: Abacus (4) |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Photo Number |
Box 28, Japan, General, 61 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1950 |
| Subject |
Abacus--Japan--Photographs; Arts and crafts--Japan--Photographs; Display of merchandise--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Show windows--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Stores, Retail--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Show windows; Abacus |
| Spatial Coverage |
Tokyo (Japan) |
| Description |
Photo shows a display in a Kyoto shop window, including a soroban (abacus) |
| Caption on Slide |
Abacus shop Tokyo Japan c. 1950 |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. An abacus is a calculating tool used in Asia to perform mathematical functions. "The soroban (算盤, そろばん?, counting tray) is an abacus developed in Japan. It is derived from the Chinese suanpan, imported to Japan around 1600.[1] Like the suanpan, the soroban is still used today, despite the proliferation of practical and affordable pocket electronic calculators. The soroban is composed of an odd number of columns or rods, each having beads: one bead having a value of five (called a heavenly bead) and four beads each having a value of one (called earth beads). Each set of beads of each rod is divided by a bar known as a reckoning bar. The number and size of beads in each rod make a standard-sized 13-rod soroban much less bulky than a standard-sized suanpan of similar expressive power."--Wikipedia |
| 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. |
| Temporal Coverage |
1947-2004 |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6wd4g8m |
| 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 |
329552 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6wd4g8m |
