| Title |
Block printing: Utagawa School [002] |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Photo Number |
Box 59, Japanese Stencil Cutting, 40 |
| 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 |
Utagawa school of Ukiyoe--Photographs; Block printing--Photographs; Ukiyoe--Photographs; Women--Art--Photographs; Women textile workers--Art--Photographs; Clothing and dress--Art--Photographs; Mountains--Art--Photographs; Bodies of water--Art--Photographs; Art; Ukiyoe; Clothing and dress |
| Description |
Photograph of block print: possibly by Utagawa Kunisada I (1786-1865), Utagawa Kunisada II (1823-1880) or Utagawa Kunisada III (1848-1920), or by some other artist in Utagawa school; depicts a woman measuring fabric in foreground (and two smaller figures in background) with water and mountains in distance; possibly also depicts a station along the Tōkaidō (?) |
| Caption on Slide |
Print depicting a woman measuring fabric (with water and mountains in distance), Dow Collection. |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. Note: "The Utagawa school was a group of Japanese woodblock print artists, founded by Toyoharu. His pupil, Toyokuni I, took over after Toyoharu's death and raised the group to become the most famous and powerful woodblock print school for the remainder of the 19th century...The school became so successful and well known that today more than half of all surviving ukiyo-e prints are from it."--Wikipedia. Note: Original caption information provided as: "Woman measuring fabric two small figures water and mountains in the background, Utagawa Kunisada. Photo by Fred Wright. Dow Collection." Note: "Photographer" credit for this image provided as (both): "Tierney, Lennox" and "Fred Wright". |
| 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/s6vd7gfp |
| 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 |
340280 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6vd7gfp |
