Shengo leaving Jokhang at Monlam Torgyap
2001.59.1.47.1 (Film negative)
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Key Information
Photographer
Hugh E. Richardson
Collection
Hugh Richardson
Date of Photo
March 6th 1937
Region
Lhasa > Jokhang (Shira gate from Doring house)
Accession number
2001.59.1.47.1
Image Dimensions
54 x 43 mm
Further Information
Activity
Administration
Photographic Process
Negative film nitrate
Date Acquired
Donated August 2001
Donated by
The executors of the estate of Hugh E. Richardson
Expedition
Hugh E. Richardson
Manual Catalogues -
Manual Catalogues - Notes on negative album - '1' 'Chipsha: Dzonggyab [rdzong rgyab]: Torgyap [gtor rgyag] ----- [illegible]' is written in white in Richardson's hand. Notes inside negative album: white label with Richardson's name and address in St. Andrews. [KC 8/7/2006]
Manual Catalogues -
Manual Catalogues - Notes on negative index - Folio 47. 'PRAYER CEREMONY'. [KC 17/7/2006]
Manual Catalogues -
Manual Catalogues - Richardson's Hand List: Negative album No.1 "Monks of the Rnam-rgyal Grwa tshang, the Dalai Lama's special monastery on the Potala Hill, and of the Sngags pa (tantric) college of Drepung conduct a prayer ceremony in preparation for the throwing out of the gtorma". [KC 23/10/2006]
Technical Information - This image seems to have been taken with a Zeiss Super Ikonta C camera. This was a 6x9 format camera but came with a film plane mask that enabled 6x4.5 images to be taken. This enabled 16 images to be taken on a roll of 120 film as opposed to 8 without the mask [MS 6/10/2005]
Other Information - Background: See Hugh E. Richardson, Ceremonies of the Lhasa Year , 1993, London: Serindia Publications, pp 39-49 for a description of the Monlam Torgya ( mon lam gtor rgyag) ceremony. "The ceremony of Monlam Torgya is the longest and the most spectacular event of the New Year celebrations. It is the high point of the Yaso's tenure of office and the day for which the Tsisher was the preparation. [KC 21/7/2006]
Other Information - Dates
Other Information - Dates: In a letter to his parents dated November 6th 1936, Hugh Richardson commented that he was investigating buying a new Zeiss Super Ikonta camera [Hugh Richardson Manuscript Archive, Bodleian Library, MS. Or. Richardson 3 folio 46]. On March 29th 1937 he comments in a further letter to his parents that it would probaby be better to use the larger image frame [MS Or Richardson 3 folio 82]. This has assisted the dating of this image to 1937 [MS 6/10/2005]
For Citation use:
The Tibet Album.
"Shengo leaving Jokhang at Monlam Torgyap"
05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum.
<http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_2001.59.1.47.1.html>.
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