Japanese Architecture: Shoji (Paper and Wood Screens) [010]

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Title Japanese Architecture: Shoji (Paper and Wood Screens) [010]
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 23, Architecture, 75
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, Japanese--Japan--Nara--Photographs; Dwellings--Japan--Nara--Photographs; Rooms--Japan--Nara--Photographs; Interior architecture--Japan--Nara--Photographs; Interior decoration-Japan--Nara--Photographs; Windows--Japan--Nara--Photographs; Screens--Japan--Nara--Photographs; Shoji screens--Japan--Nara--Photographs; Crests--Japan--Nara--Photographs; Japan; Architecture
Keywords Buildings; Houses; Interiors; Motif; Mon; Monshō; Mondokoro; Kamon; Displays
Spatial Coverage Honshu (Japan); Nara-ken (Japan); Nara-shi (Japan)
Description Close-up photo of a Kiri-na Mon (emblem) motif at the bottom of a shoji in a house in Nara, Japan
Caption on Slide Detail of house with Kiri-na Mon motif, exhibit in Nara, Japan.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Japanese mon, also known as monshō, mondokoro, and kamon, are decorative emblems that are used to identify an individual or family, similar to a European coat-of-arms. Note: A shoji is a screen made of translucent paper over a latticework of wood or bamboo, and used as a door, window, or room divider.
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.
Textual Date 1947-2004
ARK ark:/87278/s66405hj
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 330463
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s66405hj
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