Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan [03]: Tanabata Festival [03]

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Title Hiratsuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan [03]: Tanabata Festival [03]
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 29, Japan, Hiratsuka, 22
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1961
Subject Festivals--Japan--Hiratsuka-shi--Photographs
Keywords Tanabata
Spatial Coverage Hiratsuka-shi (Japan)
Description Photo shows Tanabata Festival street decorations in Hiratsuka, Japan
Caption on Slide Tanabata festival street decorations Hiratsuka, Japan.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. "Tanabata (七夕, meaning "Evening of the seventh") is a Japanese star festival, originating from the Chinese Qixi Festival.[1] It celebrates the meeting of the deities Orihime and Hikoboshi (represented by the stars Vega and Altair respectively). According to legend, the Milky Way separates these lovers, and they are allowed to meet only once a year on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month of the lunisolar calendar. The date of Tanabata varies by region of the country, but the first festivities begin on July 7 of the Gregorian calendar. The celebration is held at various days between July and August."--Wikipedia
Type Image
Creator Tierney, Lennox
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ARK ark:/87278/s6ff489w
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 331862
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6ff489w