Temples: Shitennoji Temple, Osaka, Japan [033]

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Title Temples: Shitennoji Temple, Osaka, Japan [033]
Photo Number Box 36, Japan, Osaka, Temples, Shitennoji (593 A.D.), 33
Description Photograph of a shaman (possibly a Korean shaman) blessing a painting, Shitennoji Temple, Osaka, Japan
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1980
Subject Shitennōji (Osaka, Japan)--Photographs; Temples--Japan--Osaka--Photographs; Shamans--Japan--Osaka--Photographs; Painting, Japanese--Japan--Osaka--Photographs; Snakes--Art--Photographs; Shōtoku Taishi, 574-622--Photographs; Japan; Art; Painting; Shamans; Medicine Man
Keywords Shitenno-ji; Shotoku
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); Kansai Region (Japan); Osaka (Japan : Prefecture); Osaka (Japan)
Caption on Slide Shaman blessing a painting of a snake, Shitennoji Temple, Osaka, Japan.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Shitennoji Temple was founded in 593 by Prince Shotoku. Although the temple's buildings burned down several times throughout the centuries, they were always carefully reconstructed to reflect the original 6th century design.--Japan Guide website. Note: Original caption information provided for this image indicated that the shaman was from Korea.
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/s6s75zmm
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 334313
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6s75zmm
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