Title

Miyajima', 1910.

Caption

'Miyajima', 1910. Itsukushima Shrine, dedicated to the Shinto god of seas and storms, and brother of the sun goddess Amaterasu and listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. From "In Lotus-Land Japan", by Herbert G. Ponting, F.R.G.S. [Macmillan and Co., Limited, London, 1910]

Date

1910

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F05_422

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

59,7Mb (2,7Mb) / 17,5in x 13,3in / 5238 x 3984 (300dpi)

Keywords

photograph travel sea female carrying women woman people male man men Asian Asia religious architecture ORIENTAL arts coastal country religion book guy island continent geography Japan Japanese shrine Shinto location century architectural literature Hiroshima lady concept B&W Miyajima itsukushima tourist attraction MONOCHROME itsukushima shrine world heritage site daily Life Day Carrying On Shoulders black & white black and white background people B W UNESCO Monument Carrying On Back Local People 1910s 20th century Inland Sea torii historic tourism The Print Collector geographical feature TGN photograph Herbert Ponting Macmillan cella Ponting Herbert Herbert George Ponting In Lotus-Land Japan Macmillan Publishers Publishers Macmillan Publishers Ltd Macmillan & Co Seto Inland Sea Setouchi