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Title
Nigatsu-do hall, Nara, 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 "Nigatsu-do, Nara." The Nigatsu-do is one of the great halls of the Buddhist temple. The building sits on the side of a hill surrounded by trees. The path to the building starts in the bottom right corner of the photo and passes by the base of the building up toward the left side of the photo. At the base of the hill are several stone lanterns and other lighting features.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic postcard : b&w
8.5 x 13.5 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m63472 [Legacy record ID]
MFB-Postcards-Japan-414
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m63472
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/MFB-Postcards-Japan-414.jpg
Subject
Temples
Buildings
Assembly halls
General views
Time Period
circa 1920/1940
Place
Asia
Japan
inhabited places: Nara
Source
MFB/Postcards/Japan/414 [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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