Gardens, Japanese: Korakuen Garden, Okayama, Japan [024]

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Title Gardens, Japanese: Korakuen Garden, Okayama, Japan [024]
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 58, Special Lectures, C & J Gardens L/R, 236
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1965
Subject Okayama Kōrakuen (Okayama-shi, Japan)--Photographs; Gardens, Japanese--Japan--Okayama--Photographs; Rocks--Japan--Okayama--Photographs; Stone--Japan--Okayama--Photographs; Japan; Gardens
Keywords Kōraku-en; Korakuen
Spatial Coverage Honshū (Japan); Okayama-ken (Japan); Okayama-shi (Japan)
Description Photograph of a rock, Korakuen, Okayama, Japan
Caption on Slide Great rock, Korakuen, Okayama, Japan.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: The Japanese garden Kōraku-en is located in Okayama, Japan and is considered one of the three great gardens of Japan. In 1687, Ikeda Tsunamasa, a Japanese daimyo, ordered the construction of the garden ... In 1884, the garden was opened to the public.--Okayama Kōraku-en official website. Note: Okayama Castle, also known as "crow castle" due to its black exterior, was built in 1597. The castle is located on the Asahi River. Kōraku-en Garden is located nearby.--Japan Guide 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/s61g13zt
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 338065
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61g13zt
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