Gardens, Japanese: Kairakuen Garden, Mito, Japan [023]

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Title Gardens, Japanese: Kairakuen Garden, Mito, Japan [023]
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 25, Japan, Gardens, Kairakuen, 6
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1984
Subject Kairakuen (Mito-shi, Japan)--Photographs; Gardens, Japanese--Japan--Mito--Photographs; Tokugawa, Nariaki, 1800-1860--Photographs; Japan; Gardens
Keywords Kairaku-en; Kairakuen
Spatial Coverage Ibaraki-ken (Japan); Mito-shi (Japan)
Description Photograph of the garden view from Kobuntei House, Kairakuen, Mito, Japan
Caption on Slide Garden viewed from Kobuntei House, Kairakuen, Mito, Japan.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: The Japanese garden Kairakuen is located in Mito, Japan. It is considered one of the three great gardens of Japan. It is known for its ume (plum) trees. Many people come to the park in spring to view the blossoms, particularly during the Ume Festival. The park was constructed by Tokugawa Nariaki in 1842. Unlike Japan's other two great landscape gardens Kenrokuen and Kōrakuen, Kairakuen served not only for the enjoyment of the ruling lord, but was open to the public. Tokugawa Nariaki became daimyo of Mito in 1829 and was an important figure in the nationalist movement in Japan.--Wikipedia.
Type Image
Creator Tierney, Lennox
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ARK ark:/87278/s6708h9z
Digitization Specifications Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000.
Donor Lennox Tierney; Catherine Tierney
Setname uum_lctpc
ID 331051
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6708h9z