Hakone, Japan - Fuji Five Lakes [010]

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Title Hakone, Japan - Fuji Five Lakes [010]
Photo Number Box 28, Japan, Hakone, International Village, 50
Description Photograph of stone monuments, Hakone region, Japan
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1982
Subject Monuments--Japan--Photographs; Japan; Monuments
Keywords Ashinoyu; Kamiide; Hakone; Fujigoko
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 Japan
Caption on Slide Soga brothers monument, Hakone region, Japan.
Additional Information Image was scanned from (faded) color slide. Note: Hakone is a town in the Kanagawa Prefecture of Japan. Most of the town is within the borders of the Fuji-Hakone-Izu National Park, centered around Lake Ashi, less than 100 kilometers from Tokyo.--Japan Guide website. Note: Hakone is a gateway to the Fuji Five Lakes area. The Fuji Five Lakes (Fujigoko) are made up of Lake Kawaguchiko, Lake Yamanakako, Lake Saiko, Lake Shojiko and Lake Motosuko at the northern base of Mount Fuji.--Japan Guide website. Note: Monument to Soga brothers (Goro & Juro) and Toragozen (mistress of Juro), famous brothers who avenged their fathers death in the 12th century near Lake Ashi, Hakone. (Over) Both brothers died. One was killed by a retainer of the lord who had killed their father, the other was condemned and executed. Toragozen became a nun.
Type Image
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ARK ark:/87278/s6m6226f
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 331466
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6m6226f
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