| Title |
Block printing: Hiroshige's 53 stages of the Tokaido [006] Station 3, Kanagawa: Embankment (001) |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Photo Number |
Box 63, Tokaido Left Screen, 8 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1973 |
| Subject |
Andō, Hiroshige, 1797-1858--Photographs; Block printing--Japan--Photographs; Ukiyoe--Japan--Photographs; Ships--Art--Photographs; Boats and boating--Art--Photographs; Chashitsu (Japanese tearooms)--Art--Photographs; Restaurants--Art--Photographs; Men--Art--Photographs; Women--Art--Photographs; Waitresses--Art--Photographs; Travelers--Art--Photographs; Roads--Art--Photographs; Tōkaidō--Art--Photographs; Landscapes--Art--Photographs; Art; Ukiyoe |
| Keywords |
Nishiki-e; Tea houses; Teahouses; Tokaido; Oban |
| Description |
Photograph of block print: "Kanagawa: Embankment", (Kanagawa, dai no kei), first version, (from series The Fifty-three Stages of the Tokaido, a series documenting the Tokaido road between Edo and Kyoto), circa 1833-34, by Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858), nishiki-e, horizontal ôban, (approximate size, may vary) 25.6 x 38.7 cm (10 1/16 x 15 1/4 in.); Print number 4 in series of 55 prints (view of tea houses along seashore); Series starts with point of departure (Edo) and ends with final destination (Kyoto) and includes 53 stations along route |
| Caption on Slide |
"Kanagawa: Embankment", (from series The Fifty-three Stages of the Tokaido, a series documenting the Tokaido road between Edo and Kyoto), circa 1833-34, by Utagawa (Ando) Hiroshige (Japanese, 1797-1858). This is print number 4 in series of 55. (Site of modern Yokohama. Twenty-seven years after this print was made, Com. Matthew C. Perry's ships appeared in these waters to open Japan after nearly 200 years of seclusion.) |
| Additional Information |
Image scanned from color slide. Hiroshige's specialty was landscapes. Hiroshige's The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (1833-1834) was inspired by his journey along the length of the route in 1832. Note: "Utagawa Hiroshige (歌川 広重, 1797 - October 12, 1858) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, and one of the last great artists in that tradition. He was also referred to as Andō Hiroshige (安藤 広重) (an irregular combination of family name and art name) and by the art name of Ichiyūsai Hiroshige (一幽斎廣重). … Hiroshige's The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō (1833-1834) and One Hundred Famous Views of Edo (1856-1858) greatly influenced French Impressionists such as Monet."--Wikipedia. Note: "Matthew Calbraith Perry (April 10, 1794 - March 4, 1858) was a Commodore of the U.S. Navy and commanded a number of ships...He played a leading role in the opening of Japan to the West with the Convention of Kanagawa in 1854."--Wikipedia. Note: "Nishiki-e (lit. "brocade picture") refers to Japanese multi-colored woodblock printing; this technique is used primarily in ukiyo-e. It was invented in the 1760s...Previously, most prints had been in black-and-white, colored by hand, or colored with the addition of one or two color ink blocks. A nishiki-e print is created by carving a separate woodblock for every color, and using them in a stepwise fashion...in order to create a single complete image."--Wikipedia. Note: "Ōban: a print size [approximately] 10 x 15 inches (25 x 38 cm)."--Masterworks of Ukiyo-e…by Muneshige Narazaki, English translation by John Bester, page 21. Note: Original caption information provided as: "Kanagawa 1797-1858 Hiroshige Utagawa (Anto) 1797-1858 #4 in Tokaido Rd. series 1833-34, Ser. Of 1833-34, site of Mod. Yokohama, 27 years after this print Com. Perru's ships appeared in these waters to open Japan after nearly 200 years of seclusion" |
| Type |
Image |
| Creator |
Tierney, Lennox |
| Rights Management |
This material may be protected by copyright. Permission required for use in any form. For further information please contact the Multimedia Archivist, Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah. |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s60c5cq5 |
| Digitization Specifications |
Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000. |
| Donor |
Tierney, Lennox; Tierney, Catherine |
| Setname |
uum_lctpc |
| ID |
340039 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60c5cq5 |
