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Title
Large torii before the Shinto shrine, Kyoto, Japan, ca. 1920-1940
Creator
Unknown
Date Created and/or Issued
circa 1920/1940
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Maryknoll Mission Archives, P.O. Box 305, Maryknoll, N.Y. 10545-0305; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/
archives@maryknoll.org ; http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1669
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=17
http://maryknollmissionarchives.org/?page_id=1917 ; Maryknoll Mission Archives.
Description
Photographic postcard of "the large solemn Japanese gate, called'Torii' before the Shinto shrine 'Heianjingu' in park 'Okazaki'." The torii extends over a road in the center of the photo. Two people and a small carriage are on the right side of the road standing under the torii. Two vehicles are further down the road past the torii heading toward the shrine.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic postcard : b&w
8.5 x 13.5 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m62418 [Legacy record ID]
MFB-Postcards-Japan-190
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m62418
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/MFB-Postcards-Japan-190.jpg
Subject
Indigenous peoples
Urban areas
Shrines
Torii
General views
Time Period
circa 1920/1940
Place
Asia
Japan
inhabited place: Kyoto
Source
MFB/Postcards/Japan/190 [File]
Relation
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Maryknoll Mission Archives
Photographs of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, Maryknoll, New York, 1912-1945
impa-m338

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