| Title |
Block printing: Katsushika Hokusai [063] |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Photo Number |
Box 61, Hokusai and other Japanese Printers, 52 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2003 |
| Subject |
Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849--Photographs; Block printing--Japan--Photographs; Ukiyoe--Photographs; Snow--Art--Photographs; Winter--Art--Photographs; Boats and boating--Art--Photographs; Sumida River (Japan)--Art--Photographs; Architecture, Japanese--Art--Photographs; Art; Ukiyoe; Winter |
| Keywords |
Aiban; Nishiki-e; Sumida-gawa; Sumidagawa; Oban |
| Description |
Photograph of block print: "Snow on the Sumida River" (from the series Snow, Moon and Flowers (Setsugekka) circa 1833), by Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849), nishiki-e, horizontal ôban or aiban, (approximate size, may vary slightly) 24.6 cm x 37 cm (9 11/16 in. x 14 9/16 in.) |
| Caption on Slide |
"Snow on the Sumida River" (from the series Snow, Moon and Flowers (Setsugekka) circa 1833), by Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849). |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. Note: "Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾 北斎, October or November 1760 - May 10, 1849) was a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period. He was influenced by such painters as Sesshu, and other styles of Chinese painting. Born in Edo (now Tokyo), Hokusai is best known as author of the woodblock print series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (富嶽三十六景, Fugaku Sanjūroku-kei, c. 1831) which includes the internationally recognized print, The Great Wave off Kanagawa, created during the 1820s."--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: "Aiban: a print size [approximately] 9 x 13 inches (23 x 33 cm)."--Masterworks of Ukiyo-e…by Muneshige Narazaki, English translation by John Bester, page 21. |
| 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/s6223bqh |
| 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 |
340085 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6223bqh |
