| Title |
Amanohashidate Dancers [8] |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Photo Number |
Box 23, Amanohashidate Dancers, 8 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965 |
| Subject |
Dancers--Japan--Amanohashidate; Clothing and dress--Japan; Obi |
| Keywords |
Japanese dancers; Wafuku |
| Spatial Coverage |
Ama no Hashidate (Japan); Miyazu-shi (Japan); Kyoto (Japan : Prefecture) |
| Description |
Photo of dancers at Monju or Miyazu, the villages at the south and north ends of the scenic Amanoshashidate sand spit |
| Caption on Slide |
Dancers at Amanohashidate, Japan, showing their costumes (wafuku) and details of obi (belt). |
| Additional Information |
The word "obi" is a generic word for the belt over kimono (wafuku) or a book cover. Details of obidome, a belt "clip" often with ornaments, are shown here. 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 |
| Creator |
Tierney, Lennox |
| 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. |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6hq4fkx |
| 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 |
329431 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6hq4fkx |
