Block printing: Katsushika Hokusai [035]

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Title Block printing: Katsushika Hokusai [035]
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 24, Japan, Block Printing, Hokusai, 14
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; 2001; 2002; 2003
Subject Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849--Photographs; Block printing--Japan--Photographs; Ukiyoe--Japan--Photographs; Fuji, Mount (Japan)--Art--Photographs; Mountains--Art--Photographs; Landscapes--Art--Photographs; Art; Ukiyoe
Keywords Fujigoko; Fujisan; Fuji-san; Fuji-yama; Fujiyama; Oban
Description Photograph of block print: "Fine Wind, Clear Morning" (Gaifū kaisei), also known as "South Wind, Clear Sky" or "Red Fuji", (from the series Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji), by Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849), (approximate size, may vary slightly) 25.72 cm × 38 cm (10.125 in × 15 in), Edo period, circa 1831 - 1834
Caption on Slide "Fine Wind, Clear Morning" (Gaifu kaisei), also known as "South Wind, Clear Sky" or "Red Fuji", (from the series Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji), by Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849), woodblock print, 10.125 in × 15 in, Edo period, circa 1831 - 1834.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. 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: "[Copies of Red Fuji are] currently held by museums worldwide, including the British Museum in London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, and the Indianapolis Museum of Art."--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: Original caption provided as: "Woodblock print Red Fuji by Katsushika Hokusai, Edo Per. (1829) B 1760 D 1849 10 1/4 " 15" 1 of 36 views of Fuji"
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.
Temporal Coverage 1947-2004
ARK ark:/87278/s6ms48kg
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 330746
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6ms48kg
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