Imperial Palace, Tokyo, Japan [044] Moat (014)

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Title Imperial Palace, Tokyo, Japan [044] Moat (014)
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 39, Japan Tokyo Imperial Palace, 53
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1952
Subject Cleaning personnel--Japan--Tokyo--Photographs; Japan--History--Allied occupation,--1945-1952--Photographs; Kōkyo (Tokyo, Japan)--Photographs; Parks--Japan--Tokyo--Photographs; Boats and boating--Japan--Tokyo--Photographs; Moats--Japan--Tokyo--Photographs; Japan; Men
Keywords Imperial Residence
Spatial Coverage Honshū (Japan); Kantō Region (Japan); Chiyoda-ku (Tokyo, Japan); Tokyo (Japan)
Description Photograph taken during Lennox Tierney's service with the Allied occupation of Japan, 1949-1952; shows workers cleaning the moat of Imperial Palace, Tokyo, Japan
Caption on Slide Moat cleaners, Imperial Palace, Tokyo, Japan.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Lennox Tierney served as Commissioner of Art and Monuments during the Allied occupation of Japan (1945-1952). Note: "Tokyo Imperial Palace is the main residence of the Emperor of Japan. It is a large park-like area located in the Chiyoda area of Tokyo and contains several buildings including the main palace, the private residences of the imperial family, an archive, museum and administrative offices. It is built on the site of the old Edo castle."--Wikipedia.
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/s66h51fp
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 340912
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s66h51fp
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