Temples: Tofukuji Temple, Kyoto, Japan [005]

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Title Temples: Tofukuji Temple, Kyoto, Japan [005]
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 32, Japan, Kyoto, Temples, Tofukuji, 5
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1966
Subject Tōfukuji (Kyoto, Japan)--Photographs; Zen temples--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Rinzai (Sect)--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Statues--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Sculpture--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Japan History Kamakura period,--1185-1333--Photographs; Japan; Statues; Zen Buddhism
Keywords Tōfuku-ji
Spatial Coverage Honshū (Japan); Kyoto (Japan : Prefecture); Kyoto (Japan)
Description Photograph of a sculpture, Tofukuji Temple, Kyoto, Japan
Caption on Slide Sculpture, Tofukuji Temple, Kyoto, Japan.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Tofukuji is a Zen Buddhist temple in Kyoto, Japan and is one of the so-called Kyōto Gozan or "five great Zen temples of Kyōto." The temple was founded in 1236. The main gate is the oldest sanmon in Japan. It is considered to be a National Treasure of Japan.--Wikipedia. Note: Original caption information provided: "Niwo of Tofukuji T. 1236 A.D. Kyoto, Japan."
Type Image
Creator Tierney, Lennox
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ARK ark:/87278/s6qj80xp
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 337394
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6qj80xp
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