Geishas: Kyoto, Japan [019]

Title Geishas: Kyoto, Japan [019]
Photo Number Box 31, Japan, Kyoto, Geisha, 26
Description Photo of Geisha dancing, Pontocho, Kyoto, Japan
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1972
Subject Women--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Young women--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Geishas--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Entertainers--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Dancers--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Manners and customs--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Clothing and dress--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Theatrical makeup--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Red-light districts--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Japan; Geishas; Clothing and dress
Keywords People; Make-up; Ponto-chō; Hanamachi; Dances
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Holding Institution Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Spatial Coverage Honshū (Japan); Kyoto (Japan : Prefecture); Kyoto (Japan)
Caption on Slide Dancing Geisha, Kyoto, Japan.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: "Geisha...are traditional Japanese female entertainers who act as hostesses and whose skills include performing various Japanese arts such as classical music, dance and games."--Wikipedia. Note: "Pontochō...is a Hanamachi [geisha] district in Kyoto, Japan, known for geisha and home to many geisha houses and traditional tea houses. … Pontochō is famous for the preservation of forms of traditional architecture and entertainment."--Wikipedia.
Type Image
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.
Rights
ARK ark:/87278/s68p6gv5
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 334611
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68p6gv5
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