Block printing: Katsukawa Shunsho [001]

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Title Block printing: Katsukawa Shunsho [001]
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 24, Japan, Block Printing, Minor Printers, 104
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 Katsukawa, Shunshō, 1726-1793--Photographs; Block printing--Photographs; Ukiyoe--Photographs; Couples--Art--Photographs; Men--Art--Photographs; Women--Art--Photographs; Children--Art--Photographs; Interior architecture--Art--Photographs; Art; Ukiyoe
Description Photo shows a block print: possibly known as "The Syllable Ra: Requesting a Painting from a Former Lover", (?) (from the series Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Prints (Fûryû nishiki-e Ise monogatari) circa 1770-73), by Katsukawa Shunsho (Japanese, 1726-1793); print appears to depict a court couple with a child
Caption on Slide Ukiyo-e print, Katsukawa Shunsho (Japanese, 1726-1793).
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Similar image can be found on the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston website: http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/the-syllable-ra-requesting-a-painting-from-a-former-lover-from-the-series-tales-of-ise-in-fashionable-brocade-prints-f-ry-nishiki-e-ise-monogatari-234793 Note: "Katsukawa Shunshō (1726 - January 19, 1793) was a Japanese painter and printmaker in the ukiyo-e style, and the leading artist of the Katsukawa school. Shunshō studied under Miyagawa Shunsui, son and student of Miyagawa Chōshun, both equally famous and talented ukiyo-e artists. Shunshō is most well known for introducing a new form of yakusha-e, prints depicting Kabuki actors. However, his bijinga (images of beautiful women) paintings, while less famous, are said by some scholars to be "the best in the second half of the [18th] century."--Wikipedia. Note: Original caption information provided as: "Court couple with a child, circa 1770's, Katsukawa Shunsho 1726-1793"
Type Image
Creator Tierney, Lennox
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ARK ark:/87278/s6p27dwp
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 329902
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6p27dwp
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