Matsushima Islands, Japan [01]

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Title Matsushima Islands, Japan [01]
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 65, Special Lectures, Japan/China Comparison R, Double Projection Lecture, 5
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1952
Subject Islands--Japan--Miyagi-ken--Photographs; Trees--Japan--Miyagi-ken--Photographs; Coasts--Japan--Miyagi-ken--Photographs; Tierney, Catherine--Photographs; Islands
Keywords Senganjima; Matsushima; Pine trees
Spatial Coverage Miyagi-ken (Japan); Matsushima Islands (Japan)
Description Photo shows Senganjima, on of the Matsushima Islands on the coast of Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Caption on Slide Famous view which inspired the artist Korin Matsushima (Pine Islands).
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. "Matsushima (松島) is a group of islands in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. There are some 260 tiny islands (shima) covered in pines (matsu) - hence the name - and is ranked as one of the Three Views of Japan."--Wikipedia. Ogata Korin and other artists painted these islands in various styles.
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/s60g42q3
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 336912
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60g42q3
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