Karakuri Ningyo [014]

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Title Karakuri Ningyo [014]
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 62, Special Lectures Kara Kuri Ningyo, 9
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1986
Subject Theaters Stage-setting and scenery--Photographs; Festivals--Photographs; Legends--Photographs; Robots--Photographs; Puppet theater--Photographs; Puppets--Photographs; Chariots--Photographs; Museum exhibits--Photographs; Barbican Art Gallery--Photographs; Barbican Centre for Arts and Conferences--Photographs; Performing arts--Photographs; Bodies of water--Art--Photographs; Waves--Art--Photographs; Horses--Art--Photographs; Men--Art--Photographs; Warriors--Art--Photographs; Japan; Art; Automata; Theater
Keywords Arts and crafts; Arts & crafts; Karakuri Ningyō; Automaton; Matsuri; Displays; Backdrops; Kairaishi; Kagura-sha
Spatial Coverage London (England)
Description Photograph of sea scene (possibly a backdrop?), possibly part of exhibition at Barbican, London, England
Caption on Slide Karakura Ningyo, scene at sea.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: More information (re: Kairaishi / Kagura-sha chariot / scene at sea) can be found in exhibition catalog: Karakuri Ningyo: An Exhibition of Ancient Festival Robots from Japan, organized by the Japan Foundation and Barbican Art Gallery (28 November 1985 to 26 January 1986), pages 44-46. Note: "Karakuri ningyō are mechanized puppets or automata from Japan from the 17th century to 19th century. The word karakuri means "mechanisms" or "trick". In Japanese ningyō is written as two separate characters, meaning person and shape. It may be translated as puppet, but also by doll or effigy...The dolls' gestures provided a form of entertainment."--Wikipedia. Note: See (also) images with File Names: sl_karakuriningyo003, sl_karakuriningyo010, sl_karakuriningyo011, sl_karakuriningyo023, sl_karakuriningyo024 and sl_karakuriningyo039.
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/s6183qjk
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 340836
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6183qjk
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