Ise Grand Shrine, Ise, Japan [033]

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Title Ise Grand Shrine, Ise, Japan [033]
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 37, Japan, Shinto, 4
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 Shrine building (rebuilt every 20 years on alternate site, most recently in 1973), Ise Jingu.
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: Shrine rebuilt most recently in 1993; next scheduled for 2013. Note: Original caption information provided as: "Shrine Bldg. Ise Jingu Rebuilt every 20 yrs on alternate site. Latest re-building 1973 From Hinoia Tree Forested as Emperors Forest."
Type Image
Creator Tierney, Lennox
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ARK ark:/87278/s66h50t6
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 335463
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s66h50t6
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