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Image / Front of the head part of Shinto Shrine, Miyajima, Japan, ca. 1920-1940

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Title
Front of the head part of Shinto Shrine, Miyajima, 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 front of the head part of Shinto Shrine," Miyajima, Japan. A wooden elevated platform leads to the covered section of the shrine. Two stone lanterns are on either side of the beginning of the platform. The platform splits around a squared outdoor state that is roped off and has three stairs in front of it to reach the top. Two people are walking to the right of the stage area. The covered area is one story tall and has a large section of trees behind it.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic postcard : b&w
8.5 x 13.5 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m63381 [Legacy record ID]
MFB-Postcards-Japan-402
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m63381
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/MFB-Postcards-Japan-402.jpg
Subject
Buildings
Shrines
Decks
General views
Time Period
circa 1920/1940
Place
Asia
Japan
inhabited places: Miyajima
Source
MFB/Postcards/Japan/402 [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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