Block printing: Ishikawa Toyonobu [005]

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Title Block printing: Ishikawa Toyonobu [005]
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 24, Japan, Block Printing, Toyonobu, 4
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1978
Subject Block printing--Japan--Photographs; Ukiyoe--Japan--Photographs; Women--Art--Photographs; Clothing and dress--Art--Photographs; Courtesans--Art--Photographs; Flowers--Art--Photographs; Art; Ukiyoe
Keywords Benizuri-e
Description Photograph of block print: possibly known as "Courtesan with Flowers" or possibly "The Flower Bucket", by Ishikawa Toyonobu, circa 1730-70
Caption on Slide Ukiyo-e print, possibly known as "Courtesan with Flowers" or possibly "The Flower Bucket", by Ishikawa Toyonobu, benizuri-e, circa 1730-70.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Similar image can be found on Honolulu Museum of Art website: http://honolulumuseum.org/art/11107#.UWYRr6iVOzM.gmail Note: "Ishikawa Toyonobu (1711 - July 1, 1785) was a Japanese ukiyo-e print artist. He is sometimes said to have been the same person as Nishimura Shigenobu...about whom very little is known."--Wikipedia. Note: "Benizuri-e (lit. "crimson printed pictures") are a type of "primitive" ukiyo-e style Japanese woodblock prints. They were usually printed in pink (beni) and green, occasionally with the addition of another color, either printed or added by hand. The production of benizuri-e reached its peak in the early 1740s."--Wikipedia. Note: Original caption information provided as: "Ishikawa Toyonobu- 1736 1764 The Flower Bucket, Nagaban benizuri-e 65.6 x 16.8"
Type Image
Creator Tierney, Lennox
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ARK ark:/87278/s6j3988t
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 329756
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6j3988t
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