Amanohashidate, Chionji Temple [005]

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Title Amanohashidate, Chionji Temple [005]
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 23, Amanohashidate Temple, 5
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; Gates--Japan--Amanohashidate--Photographs; Roofs--Japan--Amanohashidate--Photographs; Tiles, Roofing--Japan--Amanohashidate--Photographs
Keywords Chionji; Rohmon; Ohgonkaku; Tiling
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; shows Entrance gate to Tahohtoh, Monjudoh, and kuri (living quarters of priests) at Chionji, Amanohashidate, Japan
Caption on Slide Gate to priests quarters, Amanohashidate, Japan.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Caption is from photographer's notes on slide. Rohmon (also called Ohgonkaku) is a double-tiered structure said to be established in 1768. 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
Original Source Color photographic slide
ARK ark:/87278/s6668vxx
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 329480
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6668vxx
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