Block printing: Kiyoshi Saito [016]

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Title Block printing: Kiyoshi Saito [016]
Photo Number Box 61, Hokusai and other Japanese Printers, 105
Description Photo showing a block print (Sosaku hanga movement) by Japanese artist Kiyoshi Saito
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1952
Subject Saitō, Kiyoshi, 1907-1997--Photographs; Block printing--Japan--Photographs; Artists' studios--Japan--Photographs; Sōsaku hanga--Japan--Photographs; Artists--Japan--Photographs; Printmakers--Japan--Photographs; Japan; Art; Artists' studios; Printmakers; Sōsaku hanga
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
Spatial Coverage Tokyo (Japan)
Caption on Slide Print by Kiyoshi Saito, Tokyo, Japan, circa 1950.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: "Kiyoshi Saito was one of the first artists of the Japanese sosaku hanga movement whose art became successful and was widely accepted and awarded by an international audience. Today he is regarded as one of the great masters of modern Japanese printmaking after the end of the war in 1945."--www.artelino.com Note: "...sōsaku hanga (‘creative prints') movement, in which the artist was responsible for all stages of print production, including design, block-cutting and printing."--Oxford Art Online. Note: Shōwa period: 1926-1989 Note: Appears to be similar to images with File Names: block_printing_saito_012 and block_printing_saito_025. Note: Original caption information provided as: "Jap. Print Shawa Pd. Kyoshi Saito Japan"
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.
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ARK ark:/87278/s6w09pxc
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 340365
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6w09pxc
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