Shinto: Japan [033]

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Title Shinto: Japan [033]
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 28, Japan, General, 97
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970; 1971; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1976; 1977; 1978; 1979; 1980; 1981; 1982; 1983; 1984; 1985; 1986; 1987; 1988; 1989; 1990; 1991; 1992; 1993; 1994; 1995; 1996; 1997; 1998; 1999; 2000
Subject Architecture, Japanese--Japan--Photographs; Shinto shrines--Japan--Photographs; Shinto architecture--Japan--Photographs; Torii--Japan--Photographs; Gates--Japan--Photographs; Japan; Architecture; Temples
Keywords Entrances
Spatial Coverage Japan
Description Photograph of torii
Caption on Slide Torii in Japan.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Torii, which literally translates to bird perch, is a gate usually found at the entrance to a Japanese Shinto shrine, or in some cases inside the shrine. Torii are considered the simplest way to identify a Shinto shrine. They are also sometimes found at the entrance to Japanese Buddhist temples.
Type Image
Creator Tierney, Lennox
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.
ARK ark:/87278/s6c542km
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 329618
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6c542km
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