| Title |
Tea Houses [017] |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Photo Number |
Box 26, Japan, Tea, Houses, 12 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1975 |
| Subject |
Myōkian (Ōyamazaki-chō, Japan)--Photographs; Taian (Myōkian, Ōyamazaki-chō, Japan)--Photographs; Rinzai (Sect)--Japan--Photographs; Chashitsu (Japanese tearooms)--Photographs; Sen, Rikyū, 1521 or 1522-1591--Photographs; Japan; Temples |
| Keywords |
Chanoyu; Sen no Rikyū |
| Spatial Coverage |
Honshū (Japan); Kyoto (Japan : Prefecture); Ōyamazaki-chō (Japan) |
| Description |
Photograph of the interior east wall of Tai-An tea room (待庵) in Myokian Temple, attributed to Sen no Rikyū circa 1582, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan |
| Caption on Slide |
Interior view of Tai-An Tea Room showing east wall, attributed to Senno Rikyu, c. 1582, Myokian Temple, Kyoto, Japan. |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Myokian, a Zen temple of the Rinzai Sect, was established during the Muromachi Period (1336 - 1568). The Tai-an tea room, one of only three in Japan designated as National Treasures, is the oldest in Japan. Said to be the creation of Sen no Rikyū. Sen no Rikyū, considered the historical figure with the most profound influence on the Japanese tea ceremony (chanoyu), studied under Takeno Jōō.--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. |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6wq0kxz |
| 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 |
333004 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6wq0kxz |
