Block printing: Kitagawa Utamaro [025]

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Title Block printing: Kitagawa Utamaro [025]
Photo Number Box 59, Japanese Stencil Cutting, 57
Description Photograph of block print: "Beauties in the Kitchen", also known as "Kitchen Scene", by Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1753-1806), right side of diptych, circa 1793; print depicts two women making a fire for cooking
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
Subject Kitagawa, Utamaro, 1753?-1806--Photographs; Block printing--Japan--Photographs; Ukiyoe--Japan--Photographs; Women--Art--Photographs; Kitchens--Art--Photographs; Cookery--Art--Photographs; Clothing and dress--Art--Photographs; Diptychs--Art--Photographs; Art; Ukiyoe; Cooking
Keywords Bijinga
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 "Beauties in the Kitchen", also known as "Kitchen Scene", right side of diptych by Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1753-1806), circa 1793. Japan: A History in Art by Bradley Smith, p. 217.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Similar image can be found in Utamaro: Portraits from the Floating World by Tadashi Kobayashi, translated by Mark A. Harbison, pages 38-40. Note: "Kitagawa Utamaro (ca. 1753 - October 31, 1806) was a Japanese printmaker and painter, who is considered one of the greatest artists of woodblock prints (ukiyo-e). His name was romanized archaically as Outamaro. He is known especially for his masterfully composed studies of women, known as bijinga. He also produced nature studies, particularly illustrated books of insects."--Wikipedia. Note: Original caption information for this image provided as: "Japanese women making a kitchen fire, wood block by Utamaro 1793, P. 217 Japan A Hist in Art"
Type Image
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.
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ARK ark:/87278/s68630dk
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 340362
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68630dk
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