| Title |
Geisha art in the Jan Colton Collection [039] |
| Photo Number |
Box 58, Special Lectures, Geisha and Related Customs, 62 |
| Description |
Photo shows Geishas playing Battledore and shuttlecock (right side), from a Meiji period album in the Jan Colton Collection, San Diego, California |
| Creator |
Tierney, Lennox |
| Date |
1978 |
| Subject |
Geishas--Art--Photographs; Japan; Geishas; Games |
| 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 |
| Caption on Slide |
Det. Battledore & shuttlecock (R. side) Colton Coll. S.D. Meiji Per. Album Print Japan. |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. Battledore and Shuttlecock or Jeu de Volant is an early game similar to that of modern badminton. This game is played by two people, with small rackets, called battledores, made of parchment or rows of gut stretched across wooden frames, and shuttlecocks, made of a base of some light material, like cork, with trimmed feathers fixed round the top.__Wiki. |
| 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/s6223bgc |
| 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 |
338328 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6223bgc |
