Arita, Japan [009]

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Title Arita, Japan [009]
Photo Number Box 23, Arita, 9
Description Photograph of a Shinto shrine, Arita Town, Kyushu Island, Japan
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1980
Subject Arita-machi (Japan)--Photographs; Shinto shrines--Japan--Photographs; Japan; Shinto
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 Kyūshū Region (Japan); Arita-machi (Japan)
Caption on Slide Shinto shrine, Arita Town, Kyushu Island, Japan.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Caption information is from photographer's notes on slide. Note: Arita (有田町, Arita-machi) is a town located in Nishimatsuura District, Saga, Japan. It is known for producing Arita porcelain, one of the traditional handicrafts of Japan. Each year, the town hosts the largest ceramic fair in Western Japan, the Arita Ceramic Fair. This event includes thousands of stores and stalls lining the six-kilometer main street. Kyūshū (九州, lit. "Nine Provinces") is the third largest island of Japan and most southwesterly of its four main islands.--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.
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Textual Date 1947-2004
ARK ark:/87278/s6n01p93
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 330328
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6n01p93
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