Amanohashidate, Chionji Temple [009]

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Title Amanohashidate, Chionji Temple [009]
Photo Number Box 23, Amanohashidate Temple, 7
Description Photo taken at the Chionji Zen Buddhist Temple in Monju, the village at south end of Amanohashidate; shows detail of rooftop ornament of Rohmon (gate) inside Chionji, Amanohashidate, Japan
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970; 1971; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1976; 1977; 1978; 1979; 1980; 1981; 1982; 1983; 1984; 1985; 1986; 1987; 1988; 1989; 1990; 1991; 1992; 1993; 1994; 1995; 1996; 1997; 1998; 1999; 2000
Subject Buddhist temples--Japan--Amanohashidate--Photographs; Gates--Japan--Amanohashidate--Photographs; Animals, Mythical--Japan--Amanohashidate--Photographs; Roofs--Japan--Amanohashidate--Photographs; Tiles, Roofing--Japan--Amanohashidate--Photographs
Keywords Chionji; Rohmon; Ohgonkaku; Tiling
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 Ama no Hashidate (Japan); Miyazu-shi (Japan); Monju (Miyazu-shi, Japan); Kyoto (Japan : Prefecture)
Caption on Slide Roof tiles, Amanohashidate, Japan.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Caption is from photographer's notes on slide. Showing a couple of mythological fish, popular as rooftop ornaments in many Japanese castles and temples, and sometimes on private residences as well to show power and wealth. Amanohashidate is a pine-covered sand spit whose name means: bridge to heaven.
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.
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Temporal Coverage 1947-2004
ARK ark:/87278/s6xp7mnd
Digitization Specifications Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000.
Donor Tierney, Lennox; Tierney, Catherine
Setname uum_lctpc
ID 329482
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6xp7mnd
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