| Title |
Karakuri Ningyo [041] |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Photo Number |
Box 61, Hokusai and other Japanese Printers, 114 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1986 |
| Subject |
Festivals--Photographs; Legends--Photographs; Robots--Photographs; Puppet theater--Photographs; Puppets--Photographs; Dolls--Photographs; Museum exhibits--Photographs; Barbican Art Gallery--Photographs; Barbican Centre for Arts and Conferences--Photographs; Performing arts--Photographs; Japan; Art; Automata; Theater |
| Keywords |
Arts and crafts; Arts & crafts; Karakuri Ningyō; Automaton; Matsuri; Displays; Chahakobi |
| Spatial Coverage |
London (England) |
| Description |
Photograph of karakuri ningyo (Chahakobi or tea serving doll), part of 1985-6 exhibition at Barbican, London, England |
| Caption on Slide |
Chahakobi (tea serving doll), automaton (no strings used in operation), Barbican exhibit, London, England. |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. Note: More information (re: Chahakobi or tea serving doll) can be found in exhibition catalog: Karakuri Ningyo: An Exhibition of Ancient Festival Robots from Japan, organized by the Japan Foundation and Barbican Art Gallery (28 November 1985 to 26 January 1986), pages 54-55. Note: "Karakuri ningyō are mechanized puppets or automata from Japan from the 17th century to 19th century. The word karakuri means "mechanisms" or "trick". In Japanese ningyō is written as two separate characters, meaning person and shape. It may be translated as puppet, but also by doll or effigy...The dolls' gestures provided a form of entertainment."--Wikipedia. Note: See (also) image with File Name: sl_karakuriningyo016. Note: Original caption information provided as: "Chakakobi serving tea no strings automated Barbican Mus. Exhibit London Eng." |
| 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/s6kh1563 |
| Digitization Specifications |
Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000. |
| Donor |
Tierney, Lennox; Tierney, Catherine |
| Setname |
uum_lctpc |
| ID |
339601 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6kh1563 |
