| Title |
Block printing: Katsushika Hokusai [034] |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Photo Number |
Box 61, Hokusai and other Japanese Printers, 53 |
| 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 |
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston--Photographs; Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849--Photographs; Block printing--Japan--Photographs; Ukiyoe--Japan--Photographs; Ocean waves--Art--Photographs; Fuji, Mount (Japan)--Art--Photographs; Mountains--Art--Photographs; Art; Ukiyoe |
| Keywords |
Fujigoko; Fujisan; Fuji-san; Fuji-yama; Fujiyama; Oban |
| Spatial Coverage |
Boston (Mass.) |
| Description |
Photograph of block print: "The Great Wave at Kanagawa" (first in series Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji), by Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849), ukiyo-e, horizontal ôban, 25.2 x 37.2 cm (9 15/16 x 14 5/8 in.), Edo period (1615-1868), ca. 1830-32, possibly published by Nishimuraya Yohachi (Eijudô), Japanese, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
| Caption on Slide |
"The Great Wave at Kanagawa" (first in series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji), by Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849), woodblock print, oban, Edo period (1615-1868), ca. 1830-32, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. |
| Additional Information |
Image scanned from slide. Note: Appears to be hand-colored. Image flipped/reversed. 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 the print are in many Western collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, the British Museum in London, The Art Institute of Chicago, and in Claude Monet's house in Giverny, France..."--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 information for this image provided as: "Mt. Fuji seen below a wave at Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai AD1760-1849 Mus. Boston From 36 views of Mt. Fuji (on back) Hokusai probably hand colored slide" |
| 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/s67h22h5 |
| 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 |
340130 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s67h22h5 |
