| Title |
Block printing: Okumura Masanobu [012] |
| Photo Number |
Box 61, Hokusai and other Japanese Printers, 11 |
| Description |
Photograph of block print: possibly known as "Young Woman with a Hand Mirror" or "Beauty with a Mirror" by Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686-1764), urushi-e, pillar print, circa 1743 |
| Creator |
Tierney, Lennox |
| Date |
1987 |
| Subject |
Okumura, Masanobu, 1686-1764--Photographs; Block printing--Japan--Photographs; Women--Art--Photographs; Mirrors--Art--Photographs; Cosmetics--Art--Photographs; Clothing and dress--Art--Photographs; Art; Ukiyoe; Clothing and dress |
| Keywords |
Urushi-e; Bijinga; Make-up |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Holding Institution |
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Caption on Slide |
Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686-1764), urushi-e, pillar print, circa 1743. |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. Image needs to be rotated 90% to right for correct orientation/view. Note: Information provided in description found on British Museum website. http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?partid=1&objectid=783585 Note: "Okumura Masanobu (1686-1764) was a Japanese print designer, book publisher, and painter. He also illustrated novelettes and in his early years wrote some fiction. At first his work adhered to the Torii school, but later drifted beyond that. He is a figure in the formative era of ukiyo-e doing early works on actors and bijinga, 'beautiful women.'"--Wikipedia. Note: "Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu as a puppet player. Urushi-e lg. zie long print (pillar) c. 1743 Okumura Masanobu Lennox Tierney Japan (on back) Ex Bob Thompson" |
| Type |
Image |
| 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. |
| Rights |
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| ARK |
ark:/87278/s64t729j |
| 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 |
340092 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64t729j |
