Block printing: Hishikawa Moronobu [004]

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Title Block printing: Hishikawa Moronobu [004]
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 61, Hokusai and other Japanese Printers, 5
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1973
Subject Hishikawa, Moronobu, approximately 1618-approximately 1694--Photographs; Block printing--Japan--Photographs; Ukiyoe--Japan--Photographs; Men--Art--Photographs; Women--Art--Photographs; Samurai--Art--Photographs; Swords--Art--Photographs; Hats--Art--Photographs; Clothing and dress--Art--Photographs; Art; Ukiyoe
Description Photograph of block print by Hishikawa Moronobu (Japanese, ca. 1618 - ca. 1694), (possibly sumizuri-e)
Caption on Slide Hishikawa Moronobu (Japanese, ca. 1618 - ca. 1694).
Additional Information Image was scanned from slide. Note: "Hishikawa Moronobu, (born 1618, Yasuda, Japan-died 1694, Edo [now Tokyo]), Japanese printmaker, the first great master of ukiyo-e ("pictures of the floating world"), a genre depicting entertainment districts and other scenes of urban life."--Encyclopædia Britannica. Note: "Sumizuri-e ("ink printed pictures")-monochrome printing using only black ink."--Wikipedia. Note: Original caption information provided as: "Hishikawa Moronobu c. 17-18th c Japan" Note: Dates provided in cation for this image ("Hishikawa Moronobu c. 17-18th c Japan") differ from dates provided in caption for similar image with File Name: block_printing_moronobu_002 ("Wood block print by Hishikawa Moronobu c. 1625-1695 Tokugawa Per.").
Type Image
Creator Tierney, Lennox
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ARK ark:/87278/s60k2sgx
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 340008
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60k2sgx
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