| Title |
Block printing: Torii Kiyonaga [025] |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Photo Number |
Box 59, Japanese Stencil Cutting, 51 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1982 |
| Subject |
Torii, Kiyonaga, 1752-1815--Photographs; Block printing--Japan--Photographs; Ukiyoe--Japan--Photographs; Women--Art--Photographs; Men--Art--Photographs; Clothing and dress--Art--Photographs; Mosquito nets--Art--Photographs; Art; Ukiyoe; Clothing and dress |
| Keywords |
Bijinga; Oban |
| Description |
Photograph of a block print: possibly known as "Man under a Mosquito Net and Two Women" (from the series Contest of Contemporary Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Tôsei yûri bijin awase), circa 1784), by Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752-1815), vertical ôban, (approximate size, may vary) 39 x 26 cm (15 3/8 x 10 1/4 in.) |
| Caption on Slide |
Ukiyo-e print |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Similar image can be found on Museum of Fine Arts, Boston website: http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/man-under-a-mosquito-net-and-two-women-from-the-series-contest-of-contemporary-beauties-of-the-pleasure-quarters-t-sei-y-ri-bijin-awase-210794 Note: "Torii Kiyonaga, original name Sekiguchi Shinsuke (born 1752, Sagami Province, Japan - died June 28, 1815, Edo [Tokyo]), one of the most important Japanese artists of the Ukiyo-e movement (paintings and wood-block prints of the "floating world")...Kiyonaga concentrated on the depiction of famous beauties...Women in his prints were tall and stately, drawn with elegantly graceful lines in a realistic style."--Encyclopædia Britannica online. Note: "Ōban: a print size [approximately] 10 x 15 inches (25 x 38 cm)."--Masterworks of Ukiyo-e: Kiyonaga by Muneshige Narazaki, English translation by John Bester, page 21. Note: Original caption information provided as: "Japanese print with country style (green) with red binding. Mosquito bar in a country Inn behind the figures." |
| 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/s6bg3602 |
| 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 |
340284 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bg3602 |
