Holidays, Festivals, and Celebrations: Japan [010]

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Title Holidays, Festivals, and Celebrations: Japan [010]
Photo Number Box 58, Special Lectures, Geisha and Related Customs, 41
Description Photo shows ornament (floral decoration), Shichi-go-san Festival, Arashiyama district, Kyoto, Japan
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1965
Subject Manners and customs--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Floral decorations--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Japan; Holidays; Festivals
Keywords Celebrations; Shichi Go San; Shichi-go-san; Shichigosan; Matsuri
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Holding Institution Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Spatial Coverage Honshū (Japan); Kyoto (Japan : Prefecture); Kyoto (Japan)
Caption on Slide Ornament, Shichi-go-san Festival, Arashiyama district, Kyoto, Japan.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: "Shichi-Go-San (..."Seven-Five-Three") is a traditional rite of passage and festival day in Japan for three- and seven-year-old girls and three- and five-year-old boys, held annually on November 15 to celebrate the growth and well-being of young children."--Wikipedia. Note: "Arashiyama...is a district on the western outskirts of Kyoto, Japan."--Wikipedia. Note: Original caption information provided as: "Shichi-go-san Fest. Arashiyama Flower ornaments."
Type Image
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ARK ark:/87278/s6n01q7m
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 338308
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6n01q7m
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