Black-and-white negative

Museum number:
15-30669
Permalink:
ark:/21549/hm21150030669
Alternate number:
JAP-6 (previous number (donor's original number))
Accession number:
Acc.4054
Description:
4 x 5" Negative: Kyoto, Japan. Image of Chion-in Temple, with trees in the background. Hoefler's original description: "Kyoto, Japan. Chion-in Temple. This temple is the headquarters of the powerful Jodo Sect, and millions of people visit it yearly. The term "Jodo" means the "Pure Land" and is applied to this Sect because the ultimate object of all its believers is to be re-born in the Jodo or Blissful Pure Land of Buddha Amida, Lord of the Western Paradise. This Sect was founded in 1211 A. D. by the distinguished Priest Enko Daishi." (Prints Supplied To: Hills brothers.)
Donor:
Jacqueline Hoefler Troyer, Paul L. Hoefler, and Sharon Cordary
Collection place:
Kyōto Prefecture, Kansai region
Verbatim coll. place:
Japan. Chion-in Temple.
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 titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-30669, described as 4 x 5" Negative: Kyoto, Japan. Image of Chion-in Temple, with trees in the background. Hoefler's original description: "Kyoto, Japan. Chion-in Temple. This temple is the headquarters of the powerful Jodo Sect, and millions of people visit it yearly. The term "Jodo" means the "Pure Land" and is applied to this Sect because the ultimate object of all its believers is to be re-born in the Jodo or Blissful Pure Land of Buddha Amida, Lord of the Western Paradise. This Sect was founded in 1211 A. D. by the distinguished Priest Enko Daishi." (Prints Supplied To: Hills brothers.)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Black-and-white negative, accession number 15-30669, described as 4 x 5" Negative: Kyoto, Japan. Image of Chion-in Temple, with trees in the background. Hoefler's original description: "Kyoto, Japan. Chion-in Temple. This temple is the headquarters of the powerful Jodo Sect, and millions of people visit it yearly. The term "Jodo" means the "Pure Land" and is applied to this Sect because the ultimate object of all its believers is to be re-born in the Jodo or Blissful Pure Land of Buddha Amida, Lord of the Western Paradise. This Sect was founded in 1211 A. D. by the distinguished Priest Enko Daishi." (Prints Supplied To: Hills brothers.)

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