Temples: Kenchoji Temple, Kamakura, Japan [017]

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Title Temples: Kenchoji Temple, Kamakura, Japan [017]
Photo Number Box 30, Japan, Kamakura, Kenchoji, etc., 30
Description Photograph of temple interior, Kenchoji Temple, Kamakura, Japan
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1961
Subject Kenchōji (Kamakura-shi, Japan)--Photographs; Zen temples--Japan--Kamakura--Photographs; Interior architecture--Japan--Kamakura--Photographs; Buddhist altars--Japan--Kamakura--Photographs; Hōjō, Tokiyori, 1227-1263--Photographs; Scuplture--Japan--Kamakura--Photographs; Statues--Japan--Kamakura--Photographs; Japan; Zen Buddhism; Statues
Keywords Kenchō-ji; Kōfukuzan Kenchō Kōkoku Zenji
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); Kanagawa-ken (Japan); Kamakura-shi (Japan)
Caption on Slide Temple interior, Kenchoji Temple, Kamakura, Japan.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Kenchoji Temple is one of the most important Zen Buddhist temple complexes in Japan and is ranked first among Kamakura's five great Zen temples. It is the oldest Zen temple in Kamakura. Kenchoji consists of a large number of temple buildings and subtemples.--Japan Guide website. Note: Kenchoji Temple was founded in 1253. Kamakura Regent Hojo Tokiyori was the temple's main patron during its early years.--Wikipedia. Note: Original caption information provided: "Kenchoji Monast. Kamakura, Japan." Note: Images with file names: kenchoji_028, kenchoji_029, kenchoji_030 and kenchoji_031 all appear to be same location.
Type Image
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ARK ark:/87278/s602988h
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 338166
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s602988h
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