| Title |
Block printing: Utagawa Kuniyoshi [001] |
| Photo Number |
Box 24, Japan, Block Printing, Kuniyoshi, 1 |
| Description |
Photograph of a block print: "Priest Nichiren in Exile on Sado Island", also known as "Nichiren in the Snow at Tsukahara on Sado Island", (Sashû Tsukahara setchû), (from the series Sketches of the Life of the Great Priest (Kôsô goichidai ryakuzu), circa 1830-35), by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1798-1861), nishiki-e, horizontal ôban (approximate size, may vary) 24.5 x 38.3 cm (9 5/8 x 15 1/16 in.); print depicts priest walking in snow |
| Creator |
Tierney, Lennox |
| Date |
1978 |
| Subject |
Utagawa, Kuniyoshi, 1798-1861--Photographs; Block prints--Japan--Photographs; Ukiyoe--Japan--Photographs; Men--Art--Photographs; Buddhist priests--Art--Photographs; Nichiren, 1222-1282--Art--Photographs; Snow--Art--Photographs; Winter--Art--Photographs; Footprints--Art--Photographs; Villages--Art--Photographs; Trees--Art--Photographs; Mountains--Art--Photographs; Islands--Art--Photographs; Bodies of water--Art--Photographs; Art; Ukiyoe; Winter |
| Keywords |
Nishiki-e; Oban |
| 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 |
"Priest Nichiren in Exile on Sado Island", also known as "Nichiren in the Snow at Tsukahara on Sado Island", (from the series Sketches of the Life of the Great Priest), by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1798-1861), nishiki-e, horizontal oban, circa 1830-35. |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from (faded) color slide. Note: Similar images can be found on ARTstor, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston website and the Metropolitan Museum of Art website: http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/nichiren-in-the-snow-at-tsukahara-on-sado-island-sash-tsukahara-setch-from-the-series-sketches-of-the-life-of-the-great-priest-k-s-goichidai-ryakuzu-235790 http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/60026599# 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...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: "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: "Nichiren (1222 - October 13, 1282) was a Buddhist monk who lived during the Kamakura in Japan. Nichiren taught devotion to the Lotus Sutra (entitled Myōhō-Renge-Kyō in Japanese) - which contained Gautama Buddha's teachings towards the end of his life - as the exclusive means to attain enlightenment."--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 |
 |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6t7309j |
| 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 |
330791 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6t7309j |
