| Title |
Amanohashidate Dancers [1] |
| Photo Number |
Box 23, Amanohashidate Dancers, 1 |
| 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. |
| Rights |
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| ARK |
ark:/87278/s68p6g73 |
| 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 |
329549 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68p6g73 |
