Block printing: Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) [016]

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Title Block printing: Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) [016]
Photo Number Box 24, Japan, Block Printing, Kunisada, 19
Description Photograph of block print: "Early Summer Rain" (Samidare no kei), from an untitled series by Utagawa Kunisada, (Japanese, 1786-1865), horizontal ôban or aiban, (approximate sixe, may vary) 25.2 x 37 cm (9 15/16 x 14 9/16 in.), circa 1830's, publisher: Yamaguchiya
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970; 1971; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1976; 1977; 1978; 1979; 1980; 1981; 1982; 1983; 1984; 1985; 1986; 1987; 1988; 1989; 1990; 1991; 1992; 1993; 1994; 1995; 1996; 1997; 1998; 1999; 2000
Subject Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865--Photographs; Block printing--Photographs; Ukiyoe--Photographs; Rain and rainfall--Art--Photographs; Summer--Art--Photographs; Men--Art--Photographs; Women--Art--Photographs; Horses--Art--Photographs; Trees--Art--Photographs; Fishing--Art--Photographs; Art; Ukiyoe; Rain and rainfall
Keywords Aiban; 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 "Early Summer Rain" (from an untitled series) by Utagawa Kunisada, (Japanese, 1786-1865), oban, circa 1830's, publisher: Yamaguchiya.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: "Utagawa Kunisada (1786 - January 12, 1865) (Japanese: 歌川 国貞, also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III 三代歌川豊国 ) was the most popular, prolific and financially successful designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints in 19th-century Japan...His early sketches at that time impressed Toyokuni, the great master of the Utagawa school and prominent designer of kabuki and actor-portrait prints. In the year 1800 or shortly thereafter Kunisada was accepted by Toyokuni I as an apprentice in his workshop. In keeping with a tradition of Japanese master-apprentice relations, he was then given the official artist name of 'KUNI-sada', the first character of which was derived from the second part of the name 'Toyo-KUNI.'"--Wikipedia Note: LC Heading: Utagawa, Toyokuni, 1786-1865 aka: Gototei Kunisada, |d 1786-1865 aka: Utagawa, Kunisada, |d 1786-1865 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
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ARK ark:/87278/s62n5j3j
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 330789
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s62n5j3j
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