Social Life and Customs, Japan: Carp Kites and Flags [008]

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Title Social Life and Customs, Japan: Carp Kites and Flags [008]
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 63, Tokaido Right Screen, 47
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1978
Subject Manners and customs--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Kites--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Daigoji (Kyoto, Japan)--Photographs; Flowering trees--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Tiles, Roofing--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Japan; Temples; Zen Buddhism; Kodomo no hi; Holidays
Keywords Daigo-ji; Sanbō-in; Carp kites; Fish kites; Rooftops; Boys' Day; Celebrations
Spatial Coverage Honshū (Japan); Kyoto (Japan : Prefecture); Kyoto (Japan); Uji-shi (Japan)
Description Photograph of fish-shaped kites flying in celebration of Boys' Day at Daigoji Temple in Japan
Caption on Slide Carp flags, Boys Day, Daigo-ji Temple, Uji, Japan.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Daigo-ji Temple complex is located in Kyoto, Japan. It was founded in 874. Sanbō-in is part of the temple complex--Japan Guide website.
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/s6cg0730
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 340067
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6cg0730
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