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Title
Nishi honganji temple, 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 "Nishi honganji" temple in Kyoto, Japan. View of the front of the temple taken from an angle on the left side of the courtyard. The temple extends from the left side to the middle of the photo. Trees in the foreground cover the left side of the photo. There is a person standing under the trees on the left. A small area of the courtyard is covered by an open structure. The structure is on the right side of the photo behind a tree with a person standing under the structure.
Type
image
Format
1 photographic postcard : b&w
8.5 x 13.5 cm
photographs
Identifier
impa-m63591 [Legacy record ID]
MFB-Postcards-Japan-442
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m63591
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/MFB-Postcards-Japan-442.jpg
Subject
Temples
Rural areas
Courtyards
General views
Time Period
circa 1920/1940
Place
Asia
Japan
inhabited places: Kyoto
Source
MFB/Postcards/Japan/442 [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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