| Title |
Temples: Enryakuji Temple, Mount Hiei, Japan [006] |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Photo Number |
Box 63, Special Lecture Japan General, 113 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1965 |
| Subject |
Enryakuji (Ōtsu-shi, Japan)--Photographs; Buddhist temples--Japan--Photographs; Buddhist monasteries--Japan--Photographs; Tiantai Buddhism--Japan--Photographs; Tendai (Sect)--Japan--Photographs; Mountain fog--Japan--Photographs; Japan; Mountains; Trees |
| Keywords |
Enryaku-ji; Mt. Hie; Hieizan; Hiei-zan |
| Spatial Coverage |
Honshū (Japan); Ōtsu-shi (Japan); Kyoto (Japan) |
| Description |
Photograph of Enryakuji Temple, Mount Hiei, Japan |
| Caption on Slide |
Enryaku-Ji Temple (founded by Saicho, Esoteric Buddhism, Tendai Sect), Mt. Hiei (Hieizan), near Kyoto, Japan. |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Enryaku-ji is a Tendai monastery located on Mount Hiei in Ōtsu, overlooking Kyoto. It was founded during the early Heian period. The temple complex was established by Saichō (767-822), also known as Dengyō Daishi, who introduced the Tendai sect of Mahayana Buddhism to Japan from China. Enryaku-ji is the headquarters of the Tendai sect and one of the most significant monasteries in Japanese history.--Wikipedia. Note: Original caption information provided as: "Enryaku-Ji T. Tendai Sect. Esoteric Bud. Temple. Mt. Hiei (Hieizan) Founded 306 by Saicho. Kyoto, Japan" |
| 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/s6320cwb |
| 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 |
340851 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6320cwb |
