| Title |
Block printing: Katsushika Hokusai [064] |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Photo Number |
Box 61, Hokusai and other Japanese Printers, 111 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2003 |
| Subject |
Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849--Photographs; Block printing--Japan--Photographs; Ukiyoe--Japan--Photographs; Flowers--Art--Photographs; Campanula--Art--Photographs; Insects--Art--Photographs; Dragonflies--Art--Photographs; Art; Ukiyoe; Campanula |
| Keywords |
Oban |
| Description |
Photograph of block print: "Bellflower and Dragonfly", (from an untitled series known as Large Flowers), by Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849), ukiyo-e, ôban, (approximate size, may vary slightly) 26.6 x 39.4 cm (10 1/2 x 15 1/2 in.), circa 1833-34 |
| Caption on Slide |
"Bellflower and Dragonfly" by Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849). Copy photograph by Lennox Tierney. |
| 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: "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. |
| 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/s6wd4hh5 |
| 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 |
340272 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6wd4hh5 |
