Kyoto: Rengeoin (Sanjusangendo) with archery targets
Object Details
- Local Numbers
- R112 (Rosin Number) FSA A1999.35 112
- Collector
- Lyman, Benjamin Smith, 1835-1920
- Rosin, Henry D., Dr.
- Rosin, Nancy
- Collection Collector
- Rosin, Henry D., Dr.
- Collection Creator
- Lyman, Benjamin Smith, 1835-1920
- Ueno, Hikoma, 1838-1904
- Beato, Felice, b. ca. 1825
- Collection Collector
- Rosin, Nancy
- Collection Creator
- Stillfried, Raimund, Baron von, 1839-1911
- Underwood & Underwood
- Place
- Asia
- Japan
- Kyoto (Japan)
- Topic
- Photography -- Japan
- Photography -- 19th century
- Temples -- Japan
- archery
- Religion
- Architecture -- Japan
- Collector
- Lyman, Benjamin Smith, 1835-1920
- Rosin, Henry D., Dr.
- Rosin, Nancy
- See more items in
- Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan
- Biographical / Historical
- Built in 1164 AD, Sanjusangendo in Kyoto houses 1001 statues of Kannon. It is nearly a football field in length.
- Extent
- 1 Item (Photographic print : on mount 22.5 x 28.9 cm, image 21.3 x 26.9 cm.)
- Date
- ca. 1877
- Container
- Box 9, Item R112
- Archival Repository
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives
- Identifier
- FSA.A1999.35, Item FSA A1999.35 112
- Type
- Archival materials
- Photographs
- Photographs
- Photographic prints
- Collection Citation
- Henry and Nancy Rosin Collection of Early Photography of Japan. FSA.A1999.35. National Museum of Asian Art Archives. Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
- Genre/Form
- Photographs
- Photographic prints
- Scope and Contents
- View of Sanjusangendo with archery targets to the left. Originally part of the Benjamin Smith Lyman album.
- 京都 蓮華王院 三十三間堂
- According to Henry Rosin, an archery festival is held on these grounds on January 15th of every year.
- Collection Restrictions
- Collection is open for research.
- Record ID
- ebl-1643210100175-1643210104530-1
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
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