Block printing: Katsushika Hokusai [071]

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Title Block printing: Katsushika Hokusai [071]
Photo Number Box 61, Hokusai and other Japanese Printers, 110
Description Photograph of block print: "Two Carp" by Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849), (approximate size, may vary slightly) 23.2 x 28.7 cm (9.1 x 11.2 in.), circa 1833
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 2003
Subject Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849--Photographs; Block printing--Japan--Photographs; Ukiyoe--Japan--Photographs; Fishes--Art--Photographs; Carp--Art--Photographs; Art; Ukiyoe; Fishes
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 "Two Carp" by Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849), fan-shaped print, unknown publisher. Copy photograph by Lennox Tierney.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Original work intended to be viewed as horizontal. 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: Original caption information provided as: "Two carp by Hokusai, Fan Print, Unknown Pub. Japan Copy by Lennox Tierney"
Type Image
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ARK ark:/87278/s6qv44fn
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 340250
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6qv44fn
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