Amanohashidate Dancers [10]

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Title Amanohashidate Dancers [10]
Photo Number Box 23, Amanohashidate Dancers, 10
Description Photo of dancers at Monju or Miyazu, the villages at the south and north ends of the scenic Amanoshashidate sand spit
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965
Subject Dancers--Japan--Amanohashidate; Folk music--Japan--Amanohashidate; Shamisen
Keywords Miyazu Bushi; Japanese dancers
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); Kyoto (Japan : Prefecture)
Caption on Slide Dancers accompanied by singer and shamisen (plectral string instrument) in Amanohashidate, Japan.
Additional Information Miyazu Bushi is a local chant in which "reverse psychology" is used to attract visitors: "I will never go back to Miyazu again; it makes my striped wallet empty". Amanohashidate is a pine-covered sand spit whose name means "bridge to heaven." Image was scanned from color slide. Caption is from photographer's notes on slide
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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ARK ark:/87278/s6474tff
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 337089
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6474tff
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