| Title |
Social Life and Customs, Japan: New Year Celebration [049] |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Photo Number |
Box 63, Japanese New Year, 10 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1950 |
| Subject |
New Year--Japan--Tokyo--Photographs; Manners and customs--Japan--Tokyo--Photographs; Fire fighters--Japan--Tokyo--Photographs; Japan; Holidays; New Year; Fire fighters |
| Keywords |
Celebrations; Dezome-shiki; Dezome Shiki; Fireman's Parade; Oshōgatsu |
| Spatial Coverage |
Honshu (Japan); Kanto Region (Japan); Tokyo (Japan) |
| Description |
Photograph of temporary structure burned as part of Fireman's Festival, probably in Tokyo, Japan |
| Caption on Slide |
Temporary structure burned as part of Fireman's Festival. |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Organized by the Tokyo Fire Department, this event is held in order to pray for a safe year. Although similar events are held throughout Japan, the spectacular New Year's Parade of Firemen has more than 100 fire engines and helicopters participating, along with large-scale fire-fighting and emergency drills. Ladder stunts are the main attraction. Men dressed as firemen of the Edo Period (17th-19th Centuries) perform circus-like acrobatic stunts on top of bamboo which towers over the heads of the men supporting them. These demonstrations are held to warn people of the dangers of fire.--Japan National Tourism Organization website. |
| 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/s68s56t2 |
| 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 |
339851 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68s56t2 |
