Title

Japan – Nara – The Five Story Tower at Hōryū-ji Temple

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Caption

The Five Story Tower at Horyu-Ji Temple in Nara: National Treasure – Horyu-Ji temple was established by Shotoku-Taishi (Prince Shotoku). The importance of this temple is to store not only the excellent historical articles of [the] Asuka era, but other materials telling [sic] the history in later. It is really one of the greatest storage [sic] of the treasures of art of the eras. The five story tower is one of the treasures and the 18 ft. sq. and 105 ft. high tower is magnificent and refined enough to make people feel it being immortal.

Physical Description

One color postcard with a divided back. The postcard was produced and distributed by the Ohtsuji Shoten Company, Ltd. in Japan.

Condition

Used

Postmark Date

1966-06-20

Sender

Walter Wilhuis [Japan]

Recipient

Mother Aimee Rossi [San Diego, California]

Language of Message

English

Language of Postcard

English, Japanese

Location

Japan–Nara Prefecture–Nara

Publisher

Ohtsuji Shoten Co., Ltd.

Publisher Series

46

Printer

Ohtsuji Shoten Co., Ltd.

Date Issued

1908-

Object Type

Postcard

Object Size

14 X 09 cm

Original Collection

San Diego College for Women Postcard Collection

Digital Collection

East Asian Postcard Collection

Digital Publisher

Copley Library, University of San Diego

Collection Number

Japan-64

Date Digitized

2014-04-04

Image Format

Image/JPEG

Repository

Special Collections. Copley Library, University of San Diego

Image File Location

P:\Archives\SDCW Postcard Collection\Asia\Japan-64A.jpg

Image File Size

180 KB

Copyright

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