Amanohashidate Shrine [15]

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Title Amanohashidate Shrine [15]
Photo Number Box 23, Amanohashidate Shrine, 15
Description Photo taken at the Moto Ise Kono Shinto shrine at Miyazu, the village at the north end of Amanohashidate
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 Shinto shrines (Japan)--Amanohashidate; Roof ornaments--Japan--Amanohashidate
Keywords Moto Ise Kono Jinja; shinden; onigawara
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 Amanohashidate, Shrine (Shinto), roof details and ornaments of shinden (shrine architecture), showing onigawara.
Additional Information Onigawara is a specialized form of roof tile in the shape of a "gargoyle", which is occasionally found as an end piece of roofs for certain temples and shrines, and less often on residential roofs as well. 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/s68347r9
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 329464
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68347r9
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