Japanese Art: Bonsai [039]

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Title Japanese Art: Bonsai [039]
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 58, Special Lectures, C & J Gardens L/R, 267
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1986
Subject Bonsai--Japan--Photographs; Hollies--Japan--Photographs; Japan; Trees; Hollies
Keywords Art; Displays
Spatial Coverage Japan
Description Photograph of bonsai, possibly Ilex (holly)
Caption on Slide Bonsai, Japan.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Bonsai (lit. plantings in tray, from bon, a tray or low-sided pot and sai, a planting or plantings) is a Japanese art form using miniature trees grown in containers. Similar practices exist in other cultures, including the Chinese tradition of penjing from which the art originated, and the miniature living landscapes of Vietnamese hòn non bộ. The Japanese tradition dates back over a thousand years, and has its own aesthetics and terminology.--Wikipedia Note: Appears to be similar to images with File Names: bonsai_japanese_018 and sl_japangeneral218. Note: Image with File Name: bonsai_japanese_018 has a Date.Original provided as: 1983 Note: Image with File Name: sl_japangeneral218 has a Date.Original provided as: 1983
Type Image
Creator Tierney, Lennox
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ARK ark:/87278/s6ws99z6
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 338244
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6ws99z6
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