| Title |
Block Printing, Meiji period: Utagawa Yoshiiku [3] |
| Photo Number |
Box 24, Japan, Block Printing, Meiji Prints, 10 |
| Description |
Photo shows a Meiji-period woodblock print by Japanese artist Utagawa Yoshiiku, depicting foreigners carousing at Gankiro brothel, an institution set up to cater to Western men visiting Yokohama; part of a triptych dating from ca. 1861 |
| Creator |
Tierney, Lennox |
| Date |
1969 |
| Subject |
Ochiai, Yoshiiku, 1833-1904; Block printing--Japan; Geishas--Art |
| Keywords |
Gankiro |
| 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 |
| Spatial Coverage |
Yokohama-shi (Japan) |
| Caption on Slide |
Party of persons from 5 countires at Gankiro Restaurant, Wood Block Print 1861 |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. Utagawa Yoshiiku (歌川 芳幾, 1833 - February 6, 1904), also known as or Ochiai Yoshiiku (落合 芳幾), was a Japanese artist of the Utagawa school. Yoshiiku is known as a ukiyo-e print designer and as a newspaper illustrator. |
| 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. |
| Rights |
 |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s61j9sns |
| 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 |
330828 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61j9sns |
