Amanohashidate, Japan [28]

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Title Amanohashidate, Japan [28]
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 23, Amanohashidate, 32
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 Ama no Hashidate (Japan)--Photographs; Kendo--Photographs
Keywords Kenjutsu; Yamanaka L.; Endoh R.; Swordfighting
Spatial Coverage Ama no Hashidate (Japan); Monju (Japan); Kyoto (Japan : Prefecture)
Description Photo shows a demonstration of Japanese sword fighting, probably at Monju, the village at south end of Amanohashidate
Caption on Slide Demonstration of Japanese sword fighting by Yamanaka L. and Endoh R. at Amanohashidate.
Additional Information Formal Kendoh (Japanese fencing) requires complete gears, dohjoh (training gymnasium) and a referee supervision, and it may be more correct to use the term Kenjutsu in this case. Background sign says "this overview location was viewed by the Honorable Emperor [no specific indication of which emperor]". Amanohashidate is a pine-covered sand spit whose name means "bridge to heaven." Image was scanned from color slide. Caption is from photographer's notes on slide.
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/s6gx4t7r
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 329408
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6gx4t7r
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