| Title |
Block printing: Utagawa Kuniyoshi [003] |
| Photo Number |
Box 24, Japan, Block Printing, Meiji Prints, 40 |
| Description |
Photograph of block print: "Rori Hakucho Chojun" (from the series 108 Heroes of the Novel Shui Hu Chuan), by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1798-1861), circa 1820-9, depicting a Japanese warrior |
| Creator |
Tierney, Lennox |
| Date |
1974 |
| Subject |
Utagawa, Kuniyoshi, 1798-1861--Photographs; Block prints--Japan--Photographs; Ukiyoe--Japan--Photographs; Men--Art--Photographs; Tattooed people--Art--Photographs; Warriors--Art--Photographs; Swords--Art--Photographs; Blood--Art--Photographs; Art; Ukiyoe |
| Keywords |
Musha-e; Shui hu zhuan; Tattoos |
| 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 |
Block print (from the series 108 Heroes (the source for many tattoo designs), circa 1820-9), by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1798-1861). |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Similar image can be found on ARTstor, with information provided by the Cleveland Museum of Art website: http://www.clevelandart.org/art/1980.85 Note: Utagawa Kuniyoshi, (born Jan. 1, 1798, Kanda, Edo [now Tokyo] - died April 14, 1861, Edo), Japanese painter and printmaker of the ukiyo-e ("pictures of the floating world") movement...Kuniyoshi was a pupil of Utagawa Toyokuni. He established his fame as the designer of musha-e ("warrior prints")... He also produced landscapes, frequently using Western perspective.--Encyclopædia Britannica online. Note: "His subjects range from warriors and beautiful women to landscapes and mythical animals."--Wikipedia. Note: LC Heading: Utagawa, Kuniyoshi, 1798-1861 aka: Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi, |d 1798-1861 |
| 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/s6dn4mxv |
| Digitization Specifications |
Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000. |
| Donor |
Lennox Tierney; Catherine Tierney |
| Setname |
uum_lctpc |
| ID |
330856 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6dn4mxv |
