Geishas: Kyoto, Japan [025] Miyako Odori (002)

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Title Geishas: Kyoto, Japan [025] Miyako Odori (002)
Photo Number Box 31, Japan, Kyoto, Geisha, 27
Description Photo showing musicians, Geisha or Maiko (apprentice Geisha) dancers performing Miyako odori dance (Dance of the Capital), Kyoto, Japan
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970; 1971; 1972
Subject Women--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Young women--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Geishas--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Entertainers--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Dancers--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Musicians--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Musical instruments--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Drum--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Manners and customs--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Clothing and dress--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Red-light districts--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Japan; Geishas; Clothing and dress
Keywords People; Maiko; Hanamachi; Drums; Dances
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 Honshū (Japan); Kyoto (Japan : Prefecture); Kyoto (Japan)
Caption on Slide Miyako odori, Kyoto, Japan.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: "Geisha...are traditional Japanese female entertainers who act as hostesses and whose skills include performing various Japanese arts such as classical music, dance and games."--Wikipedia. Note: "Miyako Odori, literally "Dances of the Old Capital" (sometimes instead referred to as "Cherry Blossom Dances"), staged by the geisha of Gion Kōbu...dates to 1872."--Wikipedia. Note: Original caption information for this image provided as: "Miyako odori, Kyoto Pontocho Geishas Kyoto, Japan."
Type Image
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Rights
ARK ark:/87278/s64x5r3d
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 334612
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64x5r3d
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