| Title |
Imperial Palace, Tokyo, Japan [001] Art (001) |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Photo Number |
Box 39, Japan Tokyo Imperial Palace, 3 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1961 |
| Subject |
History painting, Japanese--Japan--Tokyo--Photographs; Kōkyo (Tokyo, Japan)--Art--Photographs; Japan; Art; Painting |
| Keywords |
Imperial Residence; Fine arts |
| Spatial Coverage |
Honshū (Japan); Kantō Region (Japan); Shinjuku-ku (Tokyo, Japan); Tokyo (Japan) |
| Description |
Photograph of a painting of Edo Castle, possibly at the Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery, Tokyo, Japan |
| Caption on Slide |
Edo Castle, Entrance of Emperor Meiji 1868, Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery (?), Tokyo, Japan. |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. Note: "Edo Castle (Edo-jō), also known as Chiyoda Castle (Chiyoda-jō), is a flatland castle that was built in 1457 by Ōta Dōkan. It is located in Chiyoda in Tokyo, then known as Edo, Toshima District, Musashi Province. Tokugawa Ieyasu established the Tokugawa shogunate here. It was the residence of the shogun and location of the shogunate, and also functioned as the military capital during the Edo period of Japanese history. After the vacation of the shogun and the Meiji Restoration, it became the Tokyo Imperial Palace. Some moats, walls and ramparts of the castle survive to this day. However, the grounds were more extensive during the Edo period."--Wikipedia. Note: "Meiji Memorial Picture Gallery...houses a collection of 80 large murals illustrative of the events in the lives of the Emperor and his consort." Note: Original caption information provided as: "Edo Castle, Ent of Emp Meiji in 1868 Hist Ptg. Gallery, Meiji Memorial. Tokyo, 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/s6n01qmj |
| 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 |
341048 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6n01qmj |
