| Title |
Shinto: Japan [002] |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Photo Number |
Box 37, Japan, Shinto, 8 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1982 |
| Subject |
Shinto shrines--Japan--Photographs; Shinto Customs and practices--Japan--Photographs; Gohei (Shinto liturgical object)--Japan--Photographs; Rope--Japan--Photographs; Japan; Shinto; Rope |
| Keywords |
Shimenawa |
| Spatial Coverage |
Japan |
| Description |
Photograph (close-up) of sacred rope and paper |
| Caption on Slide |
Sacred rope (shimenawa) and white papers (gohei), Shinto shrine. |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Shimenawa (literally "enclosing rope") are lengths of braided rice straw rope used for ritual purification in the Shinto religion. They can vary in diameter from a few centimetres to several metres, and are often seen festooned with shide. A space bound by shimenawa often indicates a sacred or pure space, such as that of a Shinto shrine. Shimenawa are believed to act as a ward against evil spirits.--Wikipedia. Note: Gohei, in the Shintō religion of Japan, is a kind of paper or cloth offering made to a god.--Encyclopædia Britannica. |
| 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. |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6tb1q9h |
| 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 |
335435 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6tb1q9h |
