Amanohashidate, Chionji Temple [004]

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Title Amanohashidate, Chionji Temple [004]
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 23, Amanohashidate Temple, 4
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 Buddhist temples--Japan--Amanohashidate--Photographs; Religious statues--Japan--Amanohashidate--Photographs; Roofs--Japan--Amanohashidate--Photographs
Keywords Chionji; Monjudoh; Monju Bosatsu; Hondoh; Gibohshu; Tohroh
Spatial Coverage Ama no Hashidate (Japan); Miyazu-shi (Japan); Monju (Miyazu-shi, Japan); Kyoto (Japan : Prefecture)
Description Photo taken at the Chionji Zen Buddhist Temple in Monju, the village at south end of Amanohashidate; Detail of rooftop of Hondoh (main building) of Chionji, commonly known as Monjudoh, located on the south shore of Amanohashidate, Japan; also showing the entrance to the building, lantern, and tohroh (stone lantern)
Caption on Slide Temple at Amanohashidate, Japan.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Caption is from photographer's notes on slide. Showing the protective ornament called gibohshu (onionhead) on the rooftop of the building in which the celebrated Monju Bosatsu (goddess of wisdom, education and intelligence) is ensconced, one of three selected locations in Japan. The statue is usually not available for public viewing. Amanohashidate is a pine-covered sand spit whose name means: bridge to heaven.
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/s69w0x64
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 329479
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s69w0x64
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