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Nara (inhabited place)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

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Dai-Butsu - Great Buddha, Nara, 1870 - 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/104
Scope and Contents

208 x 224 mm. Front view of the eighth-century 53 feet high image of Buddha in the Temple of Todai-Ji at Nara, 18 miles east of Osaka.

Dates: 1870 - 1920
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Kofukuji in Nara, 1870 - 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/100
Scope and Contents

267 x 203 mm. View looking along a roadway towards a five storied pagoda (on a small hill in the right background.)

Dates: 1870 - 1920
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Sacred deer at Nara, 1870 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/101
Scope and Contents

241 x 194 mm. Showing a group of the famous tame deer standing on the road through the park at Nara. Photograph probably by Kusakabe Kimbei.

Dates: 1870 - 1912
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Shinto temple, Nara, 1870 - 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/102
Scope and Contents

262 x 199 mm. View looking towards the torii, or free-standing entrance arch to the temple, with shrines visible in the grounds beyond.

Dates: 1870 - 1920
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Temple dancers at Nara [hand coloured], 1870 - 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/103
Scope and Contents

239 x 186 mm. Full length studio portrait entitled 'Miko' showing two of the dancers in their robes. Photograph probably by Kasakabe Kimbei.

Dates: 1870 - 1920
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).