| Title |
Social Life and Customs, Japan: Miscellaneous [005] |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Photo Number |
Box 37, Japan, Shinto, 23 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1965 |
| Subject |
Fortune-telling--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Manners and customs--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Trees--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Japan |
| Keywords |
Omikuji |
| Spatial Coverage |
Honshū (Japan); Kyoto (Japan : Prefecture); Kyoto (Japan) |
| Description |
Photograph of fortune telling papers in Kyoto, Japan |
| Caption on Slide |
Fortune papers, Kyoto, Japan. |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Omikuji are fortune telling paper slips found at many shrines and temples. Randomly drawn, they contain predictions ranging from daikichi ("great good luck") to daikyo ("great bad luck"). By tying the piece of paper around a tree's branch, good fortune will come true or bad fortune can be averted.--Japan Guide website. |
| 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/s68d0cn6 |
| 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 |
335447 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68d0cn6 |
