Tatami Mats [017]

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Title Tatami Mats [017]
Photo Number Box 28, Japan, General, 82
Description Photograph of a woman sitting on the ground outdoors while working on several mats at an unidentified location in Japan
Creator Catherine Tierney
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 Matting--Japan--Photographs; Grass weaving--Japan--Photographs; Architecture--Japan--Photographs; Dwellings--Japan--Photographs; Thatched roofs--Japan--Photographs; Farms--Japan--Photographs; Farmhouses--Japan--Photographs; Clotheslines--Japan--Photographs; Women--Japan--Photographs; Rural conditions--Japan--Photographs; Japan; Mats; Buildings
Keywords Tatami mats; Houses
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 Japan
Caption on Slide Tatami maker, Japan.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: "A tatami (畳) is a type of mat used as a flooring material in traditional Japanese-style rooms. Traditionally made of rice straw to form the core (though nowadays sometimes the core is composed of compressed wood chip boards or polystyrene foam), with a covering of woven soft rush (igusa) straw, tatami are made in standard sizes, with the length exactly twice the width, an aspect ratio of 2:1. Usually, on the long sides, they have edging (heri) of brocade or plain cloth, although some tatami have no edging."--Wikipedia.
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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Textual Date 1947-2004
ARK ark:/87278/s6sf3bxh
Digitization Specifications Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000.
Donor Lennox Tierney; Catherine Tierney
Setname uum_lctpc
ID 329576
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6sf3bxh
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