Temples: Rokuharamitsuji Temple, Kyoto, Japan [004]

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Title Temples: Rokuharamitsuji Temple, Kyoto, Japan [004]
Photo Number Box 32, Japan, Kyoto, Temples, Rokuharumitsuji, 4
Description Photograph of Rokuharamitsuji Temple, Kyoto, Japan
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1978
Subject Rokuharumitsuji--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Zen temples--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Shingon (Sect)--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Architecture--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Statues--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Sculpture--Japan--Kyoto--Photographs; Kūya, 903-972--Photographs; Japan; Zen Buddhism; Statues
Keywords Rokuharamitsuji; Rokuharamitsu-ji; Kuya Shonin
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 Rokuharamitsuji Temple, Kyoto, Japan.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Rokuharamitsu-ji Temple (Practice of Perfection in the Six Realms of Existence), located in Kyoto, Japan, was founded in 963 by Kuya Shonin (903-972).--Sacred Japan website. Note: This temple has many outstanding sculptures from the 8th to 14th centuries. These include a wooden sculpture of Kuya (with six small figures coming out of his mouth, invoking the Amida Buddha) by Kosho and a statue of Taira no Kiyomori sitting, holding a scroll.--Buddhist Travel website.
Type Image
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ARK ark:/87278/s6mk6whq
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 337418
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6mk6whq
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