Gardens, Japanese: Saihoji Temple, Kyoto, Japan [025]

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Title Gardens, Japanese: Saihoji Temple, Kyoto, Japan [025]
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 65, Special Lectures, Japan/China Comparison R, Double Projection Lecture, 74
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970; 1971; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1976; 1977; 1978; 1979; 1980; 1981; 1982; 1983; 1984; 1985; 1986; 1987; 1988; 1989; 1990; 1991; 1992; 1993; 1994; 1995; 1996; 1997; 1998; 1999; 2000
Subject Temples--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Saihōji (Kyoto, Japan)--Photographs; Women--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Clothing and dress--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Gardens, Japanese--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Bodies of water--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Japan; Gardens; Temples
Keywords Kokedera
Spatial Coverage Honshū (Japan); Kyoto (Japan : Prefecture); Kyoto (Japan)
Description Photograph of two women standing in the garden at Saihoji Temple, Kyoto, Japan
Caption on Slide Moss garden, designed 1190, Saihoji Temple, Kyoto, Japan.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Saiho-ji Temple is located in Kyoto, Japan. The temple area is covered by more than 120 types of moss, resembling a beautiful green carpet - thus its other name, Kokedera Temple, which literally means "Moss Temple." The garden, designated as a special place of scenic beauty, consists of a lower landscape garden surrounding a pond shaped like the Chinese character kokoro (heart), and an upper dry landscape-style rock garden.--Welcome to Kyoto website. Note: According to the Welcome to Kyoto website, Saiho-ji Temple is an ancient temple said to have been established by the monk Gyoki during the Nara Period. In 1339, it was restored and converted into a Zen temple by the monk Muso Soseki. Note: Appears to be similar to images with File Names: gardens_saihoji_012 and sl_aspectsofthejapanesegarden010. Note: Original caption: "Saihoji (Moss Garden) 1st Jap. Dry garden des. by Fujiwara Morokazu 1190 Kyoto, Japan."
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.
Textual Date 1947-2004
ARK ark:/87278/s65d98cv
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 336841
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65d98cv
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