Asahi Kan Inn, Futami, Japan [015]

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Title Asahi Kan Inn, Futami, Japan [015]
Photo Number Box 23, Architecture, 54
Description Photo of a chigai-dana (staggered shelves) at the old Asahi Kan Inn, Futami, Japan
Creator Tierney, Lennox
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
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 Futami-cho (Mie-ken, Japan); Ise-shi (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
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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
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