Monjuso Inn, Amanohashidate, Japan [11]

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Title Monjuso Inn, Amanohashidate, Japan [11]
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 23, Amanohashidate, Monjusoh Inn, 11
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 Bays--Japan--Amanohashidate--Photographs; Bridges--Japan--Amanohashidate--Photographs; Inns--Japan--Amanahashidate--Photographs; Inns--Japan--Miyazu-shi--Photographs
Keywords Monjusoh; Monjuso; Daitenkyoh
Spatial Coverage Ama no Hashidate (Japan); Miyazu-shi (Japan) Monju (Miyazu-shi, Japan); Kyoto (Japan : Prefecture)
Description Photo taken at the Monjusoh Inn in the village of Monju at the south end of Amanohashidate; Shows the view toward the inn of Monjusoh, Amanohashidate, across the bay from the Big Bridge (Daitenkyoh)
Caption on Slide Monjuso Inn, Amanohashidate
Additional Information Daitenkyoh connects the north and south shores of Amanohashidate. It is where sea waters from the inner bay and the outer bay circulate, and the boat race takes place here in February. The portion of the bridge contains the protective ornament called gibohshu ("onionhead"). 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.
Temporal Coverage 1947-2004
ARK ark:/87278/s6gt63w9
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 329439
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6gt63w9
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