Black-and-white negative

Museum number:
15-30665
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21150030665
Alternate number:
JAP-2 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4054
Description:
4 x 5" Negative. Kamakura, Japan. Great Buddha statue. Hoefler's original description: "Kamakura, Japan. The Daibutsu, or Great Buddha, at Hase, is one of the most notable monuments in Japan. In the year 737 A. D. the Emperor Shomu, a sincere devotee to Buddhism, caused numerous monasteries to be erected throughout Japan, and among the other churches thus builded is what known as the Ko-toku-in at Kamakura. In the grounds of this monastery was later erected the colossal bronze image known as the Great Buddha, which has withstood the ravages of time and the fury of the elements and is still in an excellent state of preservation.
Donor:
Jacqueline Hoefler Troyer, Paul L. Hoefler, and Sharon Cordary
Collection place:
Kamakura, Japan
Verbatim coll. place:
Kamakura, Japan
Maker or artist:
Paul L. Hoefler
Collector:
Paul L. Hoefler
Collection date:
1930s
Materials:
Cellulose nitrate film
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Black-and-white negatives
Production date:
1930s
Accession date:
August 8, 1985
Department:
Still and motion photography
Dimensions:
length 5 inches and height 4 inches
Images:
Hearst Museum object 1 of 2 titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-30665, described as 4 x 5" Negative. Kamakura, Japan. Great Buddha statue. Hoefler's original description: "Kamakura, Japan. The Daibutsu, or Great Buddha, at Hase, is one of the most notable monuments in Japan. In the year 737 A. D. the Emperor Shomu, a sincere devotee to Buddhism, caused numerous monasteries to be erected throughout Japan, and among the other churches thus builded is what known as the Ko-toku-in at Kamakura. In the grounds of this monastery was later erected the colossal bronze image known as the Great Buddha, which has withstood the ravages of time and the fury of the elements and is still in an excellent state of preservation.Hearst Museum object 2 of 2 titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-30665, described as 4 x 5" Negative. Kamakura, Japan. Great Buddha statue. Hoefler's original description: "Kamakura, Japan. The Daibutsu, or Great Buddha, at Hase, is one of the most notable monuments in Japan. In the year 737 A. D. the Emperor Shomu, a sincere devotee to Buddhism, caused numerous monasteries to be erected throughout Japan, and among the other churches thus builded is what known as the Ko-toku-in at Kamakura. In the grounds of this monastery was later erected the colossal bronze image known as the Great Buddha, which has withstood the ravages of time and the fury of the elements and is still in an excellent state of preservation.

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