| Title |
Shrines: Itsukushima Shrine, Miyajima, Japan [019] Gate / Torii (009) |
| Photo Number |
Box 62, Japan Special Lecture Itsukushima Shrine Miyajima Japan, 12 |
| Description |
Photograph of torii, Itsukushima Shrine, Miyajima, Japan |
| Creator |
Tierney, Lennox; Manson, Dick |
| Date |
1978 |
| Subject |
Inland Sea (Japan)--Photographs; Itsukushima Jinja (Hachinohe-shi, Japan)--Photographs; Shinto shrines--Japan--Miyajima--Photographs; Torii--Japan--Miyajima--Photographs; Japan; Gates |
| Keywords |
Itsukushima-jinja; Mount Misen; Setonaikai National Park; Setonaikai Kokuritsu Kōen |
| 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); Hiroshima-ken (Japan); Itsukushima-chō (Japan); Hatsukaichi-shi (Japan); Miyajima-chō (Japan) |
| Caption on Slide |
Torii (current gate dates back to 1875), Miyajima, Japan. |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. Note: "Itsukushima Shrine (Itsukushima-jinja) is a Shinto shrine on the island of Itsukushima (popularly known as Miyajima) in the city of Hatsukaichi in Hiroshima Prefecture in Japan...Because the island itself has been considered sacred, in order to maintain its purity commoners were not allowed to set foot on Miyajima through much of its history. In order to allow pilgrims to approach, the shrine was built like a pier over the water, so that it appeared to float, separate from the land, and therefore existed in a liminal state between the sacred and the profane...Retaining the purity of the shrine is so important that since 1878, no deaths or births have been permitted near the shrine."--Wikipedia. Note: "The torii (gate), of Itsukushima Shrine is one of Japan's most popular tourist attractions, and the most recognizable and celebrated feature of the Itsukushima shrine...The view of the gate in front of the island's Mount Misen is classified as one of the Three Views of Japan (along with the sand bar Amanohashidate, and Matsushima Bay)."--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. |
| Rights |
 |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6nw023j |
| Digitization Specifications |
Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000. |
| Donor |
Tierney, Lennox; Tierney, Catherine |
| Setname |
uum_lctpc |
| ID |
339492 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6nw023j |
