| Title |
Art: Otsu-e [018] |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Photo Number |
Box 24, Japan, Block Printing, Otsu-e, 14 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1991 |
| Subject |
Block printing--Photographs; Folk art--Photographs; Painting, Japanese--Photographs; Demonology--Art--Photographs; Clothing and dress--Art--Photographs; Japan; Art |
| Keywords |
Otsu-e; Oni-san; Oni |
| Description |
Photo shows an Otsu-e woodblock print portraying an "Oni," a demon figure of Japanese folklore; This one portrays the Oni in priestly garments |
| Caption on Slide |
Otsu-e woodblock print, Oni-san. |
| 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: Original caption information provided as: "Otsu-e Woodblock Print, Oni-san" |
| 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/s6fx7s6q |
| 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 |
329803 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6fx7s6q |
