Amanohashidate, Chionji Temple [003]

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Title Amanohashidate, Chionji Temple [003]
Photo Number Box 23, Amanohashidate Temple, 3
Description Photo taken at the Chionji Zen Buddhist Temple in Monju, the village at south end of Amanohashidate; Passage leading to hondoh (main building) of Chionji commonly known as Monjudoh, koma inu (mythical stone lion statues), pine trees, "fortune" slips tied to trees, lanterns, tohroh (stone lanterns), wooden sign
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; Religious statues--Japan--Amanohashidate--Photographs; Animals, Mythical--Japan--Amanohashidate--Photographs
Keywords Chionji; Monjudoh; Monju Bosatsu; Hondoh; Koma inu
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 Temple at Amanohashidate, Japan.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Caption is from photographer's notes on slide. Central part of the Buddhist temple located on the south shore of Amanohashidate, showing the building in which the celebrated Monju Bosatsu (the "goddess" of wisdom, education and intelligence) is ensconced, one of three selected locations in Japan. The statue is usually not available for public viewing. 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
Original Source Color photographic slide
ARK ark:/87278/s6fn1nw0
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 329478
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6fn1nw0
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