Monjuso Inn, Amanohashidate, Japan [20]

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Title Monjuso Inn, Amanohashidate, Japan [20]
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 23, Amanohashidate, Monjusoh Inn, 20
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 Architecture--Japan--Amanohashidate--Photographs; Inns--Japan--Amanohashidate--Photographs; Inns--Japan--Miyazu-shi--Photographs
Keywords Sukiya zukuri; Shohro Tei
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 entrance to the inn
Caption on Slide Monjuso Inn entrance, photog. by Lennox Tierney Amanohashidate, Japan
Additional Information Structure like this is called sukiya zukuri, a building to resemble a tea house surrounded by gardens. View of the entrance indicates that Monjusoh here is actually a hotel "annex" named Shohro [Truffles] Tei, which is closer to the temple Chionji. 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/s6cj8w5g
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 329525
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6cj8w5g
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