Gardens, Japanese: Saihoji Temple, Kyoto, Japan [037]

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Title Gardens, Japanese: Saihoji Temple, Kyoto, Japan [037]
Photo Number Box 25, Japan, Gardens, Saihoji Moss, 11
Description Photograph of trees in garden at Saihoji Temple, Kyoto, Japan
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1952
Subject Saihōji (Kyoto, Japan)--Photographs; Gardens, Japanese--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Japan; Gardens; Temples; Trees
Keywords Kokedera
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 Moss garden, 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: Original caption: "Saihoji (Moss Garden) Kyoto 1st Jap. Dry Garden des. by Fujiwara Morokazu 1190 a.d."
Type Image
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ARK ark:/87278/s6s18jck
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 331039
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6s18jck
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