Gardens, Japanese: Korakuen Garden, Okayama, Japan [021]

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Title Gardens, Japanese: Korakuen Garden, Okayama, Japan [021]
Photo Number Box 25, Japan, Gardens, Koraku-en, 19
Description Photograph of man working on roof (de-needling / pruning a pine), Korakuen Garden, Okayama, Japan
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1959
Subject Okayama Kōrakuen (Okayama-shi, Japan)--Photographs; Gardens, Japanese--Japan--Okayama--Photographs; Architecture--Japan--Okayama--Photographs; Roofs--Japan--Okayama--Photographs; Arboriculture--Japan--Okayama--Photographs; Trees, Care of--Japan--Okayama--Photographs; Trees--Japan--Okayama--Photographs; Pine--Japan--Okayama--Photographs; Men--Japan--Okayama--Photographs; Arborists--Japan--Okayama--Photographs; Gardeners--Japan--Okayama--Photographs; Japan; Gardens
Keywords Kōraku-en; Korakuen; Tree limbs; Branches; 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 Honshū (Japan); Okayama-ken (Japan); Okayama-shi (Japan)
Caption on Slide Man working on roof (deneedling a pine), Korakuen Garden, Okayama, Japan.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: The Japanese garden Kōraku-en is located in Okayama, Japan and is considered one of the three great gardens of Japan. In 1687, Ikeda Tsunamasa, a Japanese daimyo, ordered the construction of the garden ... In 1884, the garden was opened to the public.--Okayama Kōraku-en official website. Note: Okayama Castle, also known as "crow castle" due to its black exterior, was built in 1597. The castle is located on the Asahi River. Kōraku-en Garden is located nearby.--Japan Guide website.
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/s6dv21rw
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 331003
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6dv21rw
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