Block printing: Katsushika Hokusai [052]

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Title Block printing: Katsushika Hokusai [052]
Photo Number Box 61, Hokusai and other Japanese Printers, 79
Description Photograph of block print: "Sazai Hall of the Temple of the Five Hundred Arhats" (Gohyaku Rakan-ji Sazaidô), also known as "Sazai Hall at the Temple of the Five Hundred Rakan" (Gohyakurakandera sazaido), (from the series Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji (Fugaku Sanjūroku-kei), circa 1831), by Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849), ukiyo-e, nishiki-e, horizontal ôban or aiban, (approximate size, may vary slightly) 24.7 x 36.2 cm (9 3/4 x 14 1/4 in.); print depicts several people standing on a temple balcony
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; 1979; 1980; 1981; 1982; 1983; 1984; 1985; 1986; 1987; 1988; 1989; 1990; 1991; 1992; 1993; 1994; 1995; 1996; 1997; 1998; 1999; 2000; 2001; 2002; 2003
Subject Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849--Photographs; Block printing--Japan--Photographs; Ukiyoe--Japan--Photographs; Fuji, Mount (Japan)--Art--Photographs; Mountains--Art--Photographs; Temples--Art--Photographs; Wooden balconies--Art--Photographs; Men--Art--Photographs; Women--Art--Photographs; Art; Ukiyoe
Keywords Aiban; Fujigoko; Fujisan; Fuji-san; Fuji-yama; Fujiyama; Oban
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 "Sazai Hall of the Temple of the Five Hundred Arhats" (Gohyaku Rakan-ji Sazaidô), also known as "Sazai Hall at the Temple of the Five Hundred Rakan" (Gohyakurakandera sazaido), (from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku Sanjūroku-kei), circa 1831), by Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849).
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Image appears to be cropped (on top) from original print dimensions noted in description (above). Note: "Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾 北斎, October or November 1760 - May 10, 1849) was a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period. He was influenced by such painters as Sesshu, and other styles of Chinese painting. Born in Edo (now Tokyo), Hokusai is best known as author of the woodblock print series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (富嶽三十六景, Fugaku Sanjūroku-kei, c. 1831) which includes the internationally recognized print, The Great Wave off Kanagawa, created during the 1820s."--Wikipedia. Note: "Nishiki-e (lit. "brocade picture") refers to Japanese multi-colored woodblock printing; this technique is used primarily in ukiyo-e. It was invented in the 1760s...Previously, most prints had been in black-and-white, colored by hand, or colored with the addition of one or two color ink blocks. A nishiki-e print is created by carving a separate woodblock for every color, and using them in a stepwise fashion...in order to create a single complete image."--Wikipedia. Note: "Ōban: a print size [approximately] 10 x 15 inches (25 x 38 cm)."--Masterworks of Ukiyo-e…by Muneshige Narazaki, English translation by John Bester, page 21. Note: "Aiban: a print size [approximately] 9 x 13 inches (23 x 33 cm)."--Masterworks of Ukiyo-e…by Muneshige Narazaki, English translation by John Bester, page 21. Note: Original caption information provided as: "People on a temple balcony the Sazai Hall of the Temple of the 500 Raku 1834 by Hokusai Japan"
Type Image
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ARK ark:/87278/s60298g6
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 340101
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s60298g6
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