Ise Grand Shrine, Ise, Japan [032]

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Title Ise Grand Shrine, Ise, Japan [032]
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 29, Japan, Ise Shrines, 164
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1974
Subject Ise Daijingū--Japan--Ise--Photographs; Shinto shrines--Japan--Ise--Photographs; Roofing--Japan--Ise--Photographs; Architecture--Japan--Ise--Photographs; Japan; Shinto; Shrines
Keywords Naikū; Kotai Jingū; Kotaijingu; Gekū; Toyouke Daijingu
Spatial Coverage Honshū (Japan); Mie-ken (Japan); Ise-shi (Japan); Uji-tachi (Japan)
Description Photograph of shrine building, Ise Grand Shrine, Ise, Japan
Caption on Slide Detail of shrine, roof made of hinoki bark, katsuogi (logs) and chigi (forked ornamentation), Ise Jingu, Ise, Japan.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Ise Grand Shrine (Ise Jingū) is a Shinto shrine located in the city of Ise in Mie prefecture, Japan. Ise Jingū is in fact a shrine complex composed of a large number of Shinto shrines centered on two main shrines: Naikū and Gekū. The Inner Shrine, Naikū (officially known as "Kotai Jingū"), is located in the town of Uji-tachi, south of central Ise City. The Outer Shrine, Gekū (officially known as "Toyouke Daijingu"), is located about six kilometers from Naikū. There are an additional 123 Shinto shrines in Ise City and the surrounding areas, 91 of them are connected to Naikū and 32 to Gekū.--Wikipedia. Note: Original caption information provided as: "Detail of Hinoki Bark roof chigi katsuogi muchikake Ise Jingu, Ise, Japan 3rd C. A.D."
Type Image
Creator Tierney, Lennox
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ARK ark:/87278/s6kd2dw9
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 332217
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6kd2dw9
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