| Title |
Gardens, Japanese: Korakuen Garden / Okayama Castle, Okayama, Japan [004] |
| Photo Number |
Box 25, Japan, Gardens, Koraku-en, 4 |
| Description |
Photograph of picnickers on Okayama Castle grounds, near Korakuen, Okayama, Japan |
| Creator |
Tierney, Lennox |
| Date |
1978 |
| Subject |
Castles--Japan--Okayama--Photographs; Okayamajō (Minakuchi-chō, Japan)--Photographs; Okayama Kōrakuen (Okayama-shi, Japan)--Photographs; Picnics--Japan--Okayama--Photographs; Gardens, Japanese--Japan--Okayama--Photographs; Flowering trees--Japan--Okayama--Photographs; Men--Japan--Okayama--Photographs; Women--Japan--Okayama--Photographs; Children--Japan--Okayama--Photographs; Japan; Gardens; Picnics |
| Keywords |
Okayama Castle; Kōraku-en; Korakuen; Cherry blossoms; Cherry trees; Sakura; Hanami |
| 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 |
Honshū (Japan); Okayama-ken (Japan); Okayama-shi (Japan) |
| Caption on Slide |
Cherry blossoms at Okayama Castle, Okayama, Japan. |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Okayama Castle, also known as "crow castle" due to its black exterior, was built in 1597. The castle is located on the Asahi River. Kōraku-en Garden is located nearby.--Japan Guide website. Note: The Japanese garden Kōraku-en is located in Okayama, Japan and is considered one of the three great gardens of Japan. In 1687, Ikeda Tsunamasa, a Japanese daimyo, ordered the construction of the garden ... In 1884, the garden was opened to the public.--Okayama Kōraku-en official website. |
| 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. |
| Rights |
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| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6rb7mg5 |
| 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 |
330985 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rb7mg5 |
