Hiroshima Castle at Hiroshima, Japan [004]

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Title Hiroshima Castle at Hiroshima, Japan [004]
Photo Number Box 29, Japan, Hiroshima Castle, 1
Description Photo showing several young boys (with nets) standing in front of the Hiroshima castle, which was rebuilt after the world war II, Hiroshima, Japan
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1959
Subject Castles--Japan--Hiroshima--Photographs; Japanese--Japan--Hiroshima--Photographs; Children--Japan--Hiroshima--Photographs; Boys--Japan--Hiroshima--Photographs; Japan; Hiroshima-shi (Japan); Castles; Children; Boys; Nets
Keywords Hiroshima-jō; Hiroshimajō; People
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 Hiroshima-shi (Japan)
Caption on Slide Hiroshima Castle (reconstruction after WWII), Hiroshima, Japan.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Hiroshima Castle (Hiroshima-jō), sometimes called Carp Castle (Rijō) was a castle in Hiroshima, Japan which was the home of the daimyō (feudal lord) of the Hiroshima han (fief). The castle was constructed in the 1590s, but was briefly destroyed by the atomic bombing on 6 August 1945. It was rebuilt in 1958, a replica of the original which now serves as a museum of Hiroshima's history prior to World War II.--Wikipedia.
Type Image
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.
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ARK ark:/87278/s61z4mdt
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 331927
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61z4mdt
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