| Title |
Art: Otsu-e [009] |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Photo Number |
Box 24, Japan, Block Printing, Otsu-e, 15 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| 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 |
Folk art--Photographs; Painting, Japanese--Photographs; Men--Art--Photographs; Hōnen, 1133-1212--Art--Photographs; Japan; Art |
| Keywords |
Otsu-e; Kakemono |
| Description |
Photo shows an Otsu-e print portraying a holy man, possibly Hōnen (?), possibly by artist Keisuke Serizawa (1895-1984), collection of Professor William Enking |
| Caption on Slide |
Otsu-e print, Otsu, Japan, collection of Professor William Enking '54. |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. Note: "Otsu-e" refers to popular Japanese folk paintings from the Edo period, and are so named because they were often sold in and around the town of Otsu, between Edo and Kyoto. Done by anonymous artists, and often in a humorous manner, they often showed figures from folklore and religion, but later portrayed secular subjects. Note: "Let it be said that Otsu-e up to the late nineteenth century were folk paintings and did not employ the woodblock medium."--The Floating World by James A. Michener with commentary by Howard A. Link, (The Floating World: Thirty Years Later), page 379. Note: "Hōnen (May 13, 1133 - February 29, 1212) is the religious reformer and founder of the first independent branch of Japanese Pure Land Buddhism called Jōdo-shū ("The Pure Land School")."--Wikipedia. Note: William Merrill "Bill" Enking (1913-1999) was a Professor of Oriental Art at Pasadena, and was the son-in-law of the Oriental bookseller and publisher, P.D. Perkins. He had lived and worked in Japan where he knew many artists including Serizawa." Note: More information can be found: http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/16940290_keisuke-serizawa-1895-1984-kakemono-portrait-of Note: Original caption information provided as: "Otsu-e Print, Otsu, Japan, Enkings Coll. '54" |
| 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. |
| Temporal Coverage |
1947-2004 |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s68d0c14 |
| 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 |
329789 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68d0c14 |
