Japanese Art: Bonsai [041]

Title Japanese Art: Bonsai [041]
Photo Number Box 24, Japan, Bonsai- Japanese, 19
Description Photo shows a bonsai display: Quince tree
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1983
Subject Bonsai--Japan--Photographs; Trees; Quince
Keywords Art; Displays
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 Bonsai display, Quince / Boke, Japan. Photograph: Lennox Tierney (July 1983)
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Bonsai (lit. plantings in tray, from bon, a tray or low-sided pot and sai, a planting or plantings) is a Japanese art form using miniature trees grown in containers. Similar practices exist in other cultures, including the Chinese tradition of penjing from which the art originated, and the miniature living landscapes of Vietnamese hòn non bộ. The Japanese tradition dates back over a thousand years, and has its own aesthetics and terminology.--Wikipedia Note: Appears to be similar to images with File Names: cj_gardens_044 and sl_japangeneral219. Note: Image with File Name: cj_gardens_044 has Date.Original provided as: 1981. Note: Image with File Name: sl_japangeneral219 has Date.Original provided as: 1983.
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.
Rights
ARK ark:/87278/s6w09nrq
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 330806
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6w09nrq
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