Block printing: Ippitsusai Buncho [2]

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Title Block printing: Ippitsusai Buncho [2]
Photo Number Box 24, Japan, Block Printing, Minor Printers, 45
Description Photo shows a block print by Japanese artist Ippitsusai Buncho, depicting the actor Ichikawa Komazo
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1978
Subject Block printing--Japan; Ippitsusai, Bunchō, 1725-1794; Ukiyoe; Kabuki
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 Ippitsusai Buncho -1772 1781 The Actor Ichikawa Komazo Hosoban nishiki-e 32.5x14.8
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Ippitsusai Bunchō, was Japanese artist in the ukiyo-e school, which depicted subjects drawn from everyday life. Ippitsusai studied with Ishikawa Yukimoto, a painter of the traditional Kanō school. He gained repute as a colourist, particularly in his painting of actors (nigeo-e, "portraits").
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.
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ARK ark:/87278/s6mc9frj
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 329856
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6mc9frj
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