Enmanji Temple
PARTNER
CSU Japanese American History Digitization Project
Visit partner
OBJECT ID
ddr-csujad-23-16 (CSUJAD Local ID: lp041-01-011-001, CSUJAD Project ID: ssu_lp_4101)
PARENT COLLECTION
Sonoma State Gaye LeBaron Collection
DESCRIPTION
Postcard depicting the Enmanji Temple. The structure was originally built for the Manchurian Railroad Company to be exhibited at the Chicago World Fair in 1932. When the building was brought to Sonoma County and rebuilt as the Buddhist Church, Chief Abbot Ohtani of Japan granted it the title of "Temple," the only building in the United States with such a title. The name Enmanji stands for Sonoma Temple. The building is a Kamakura-type structure, which symbolizes a part of the epoch-making culture of the Kamakura period (1180-1333). See this object in the California State Universities Japanese American Digitization project site: lp041-01-011-001
DATE
LOCATION
OBJECT GENRE
Postcards
OBJECT FORMAT
Still Image
CREATORS
- Hawthorne, Thomas (photographer)
- Thomas Hawthorne Photographics (publisher)
PERSONS/ORGANIZATIONS
CONTRIBUTOR
Sonoma State University Library, Rohnert Park, California
PREFERRED CITATION
Gaye LeBaron collection. Sonoma State University Library
RIGHTS
Copyright restricted