Todai-Ji Daibatsu, Nara, Japan

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Title Todai-Ji Daibatsu, Nara, Japan
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 61, Special Lectures, Special Lecture, East & South East Asia, 66
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 Buddhist sculpture--Japan--Nara-shi--Photographs; Buddhist shrines--Japan--Nara-shi--Photographs; Vairocana
Keywords Daibatsu; Todai-ji
Spatial Coverage Nara-shi (Japan)
Description Photo shows the Daibatsu statue at Todai-ji Temple in Nara, Japan
Caption on Slide Daibutsu at Todai-Ji Nara, Japan.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. "Tōdai-ji (東大寺 Tōdai-ji, Eastern Great Temple), is a Buddhist temple complex located in the city of Nara, Japan. Its Great Buddha Hall (大仏殿 Daibutsuden), the largest wooden building in the world, houses the world's largest bronze statue of the Buddha Vairocana, known in Japanese simply as Daibutsu (大仏). The temple also serves as the Japanese headquarters of the Kegon school of Buddhism."--Wikipedia
Type Image
Creator Tierney, Lennox
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ARK ark:/87278/s6w6737p
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 335837
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6w6737p
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