Key Information

Photographer

Hugh E. Richardson

Collection

Hugh Richardson

Date of Photo

1950?

Named Person

Drepung Abbots, Drepung Shengo

Region

Lhasa > Dekyi Lingka

Accession number

2001.59.7.44.1

Image Dimensions

55 x 57 mm

The three Shengo (with padded shoulders) and five Abbots of Drepung monastery in the garden of Dekyi Lingka. The garden wall is directly behind them and there is a narrow slatted, slung bridge over a narrow canal in the foreground on the right.

Further Information

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 - '7' 'PEOPLE'

Manual Catalogues -

Manual Catalogues - Notes on negative index - 'do' [Drepung Abbots].

Research publication - Hugh. E. Richardson, Tibet and Its History , 1984 (2nd edition), Boston & London: Shambala, plate 2 b, "Abbots of Drepung". [KC 7/7/2006]

Clare Harris 2003: Drepung monatsery was founded in 1416 by Jamyang Choje Tashi Palden (1397-1449) and named after the abode of Shridhanyakata in south India. It was the largest monastery in the world, inhabited by approximately 9000 monks of the Geluk sect, and was closely associated with the Dalai Lama lineage.

Other Information - 'The three monks on the left are the Drepung Shengo and on the right are the 5 Drepung Abbots.' [TT in conversation with KC] [KC 9/6/2006]

For Citation use:
The Tibet Album. "The Shengo and Abbots of Drepung monastery" 05 Dec. 2006. The Pitt Rivers Museum. <http://tibet.prm.ox.ac.uk/photo_2001.59.7.44.1.html>.

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