| Title |
Block printing: Hosoda Eishi [2] |
| Photo Number |
Box 24, Japan, Block Printing, Minor Printers, 44 |
| Description |
Photo shows a block print by Japanese artist Hosoda Eishi (a.k.a. Chōbunsai Eishi), depicting four Japanese women; righthand panel of a triptych, entitled "The pleasure barge" |
| Creator |
Tierney, Lennox |
| Date |
1978 |
| Subject |
Hosoda, Eishi, 1756-1829; Block printing--Japan; Ukiyoe |
| Keywords |
Bijinga |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Holding Institution |
Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Caption on Slide |
Chobunsai Eishi- 1789-1801 The Pleasure Barge righthand of triptych, oban nishiki-e 37.8x25.2 |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. Hosoda Eishi (細田栄之, 1756-1829), also known as Chōbunsai Eishi, was the founder of the Eishi or Hosoda school of ukiyo-e. He was one of a few ukiyo-e (meaning "pictures of a floating world") artists to excel in both painting and color-printmaking. Unlike the usually merchant-class artists of the ukiyo-e school, Eishi was born into a samurai family and began his artistic training with teachers of the Kano school. He was appointed as court painter to the Shogun Tokugawa Leharu, but resigned this position and began working in the ukiyo-e style. Eishi's work in woodblock prints was a collaboration of the artist and the craftsmen responsible for the woodcutting and the printing. The artist created the image, and a wood carver translated the image onto a woodblock matrix, preparing a separate block for each color as designated by the artist. A printer then pressed the images to the surface of the paper. Following the traditions of the ukiyo-e school, most of his subjects are beautiful, elegant women. Some of his notable works can be seen in book illustrations such as "The Thirty-six Immortal Women Poets." (from website of ifpda.org) |
| Type |
Image |
| 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. |
| Rights |
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| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6r506h8 |
| 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 |
329855 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6r506h8 |
