Bonkei [004]

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Title Bonkei [004]
Photo Number Box 24, Japan, Bonkei, 4
Description Photo shows a bonkei (miniature landscape in a tray) at the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo, Japan
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1966
Subject Bonkei--Japan--Tokyo--Photographs; Bonkei
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 Tokyo (Japan)
Caption on Slide Exhib. of Bonkei (Tray landscapes) Yasakuni S. Tokyo
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. "Bonkei (盆景) is Japanese for 'tray landscape'. A bonkei is a three-dimensional depiction of a landscape in miniature, portrayed using mainly dry materials like rock, papier-mâché or cement mixtures, and sand in a shallow
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/s6514f43
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 331276
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6514f43
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