| Title |
Block printing, Meiji period: Emperor's procession at the First Industrial Fair, 1877 |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Photo Number |
Box 24, Japan, Block Printing, Meiji Prints, 23 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1969 |
| Subject |
Kawanabe, Gyōsai, 1831-1889; Block printing--Japan; Ukiyoe |
| Keywords |
Meiji; Industrial Fair |
| Spatial Coverage |
Ueno-shi (Japan) |
| Description |
Photo shows a woodblock print by Japanese artist Kawanabe Gyosai, depicting the Emperor's procession at the First Industrial Fair in 1877 |
| Caption on Slide |
1st Indust. Fair- Daring Nishiki-e Shows Faces of Meiji Emp. & Empr. As they attend fair tryptich wood block print 1877 Ueno Japan, 1 sec. f 10 nat. light noon 9/20969 p. 272-3 "Japan A Hist. of Art" micro lens pix: Gyosai (Loc. Hist Arch. Min. Ed. Tokyo) |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. "Kawanabe Gyōsai, also called Shōjō Gyōsai (born May 18, 1831, Koga, Japan-died April 25, 1889, Tokyo), Japanese painter and caricaturist. ... During and after the Meiji Restoration of 1868, Gyōsai attained a considerable reputation as a caricaturist. Though often imprisoned, he continued to express his opinions in caricature with great popular success."--Britannica website Original resides in the Local History Archives at the Ministry of Education in Tokyo |
| 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/s6mc9fwb |
| 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 |
330839 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6mc9fwb |
