| Title |
Block printing: Katsushika Hokusai [018] |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Photo Number |
Box 61, Hokusai and other Japanese Printers, 118 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2003 |
| Subject |
Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849--Photographs; Block printing--Japan--Photographs; Couples--Art--Photographs; Art |
| Keywords |
Shunga |
| Description |
Photograph of block print: "A Couple Making Love" (from anonymously published Picture Album of Couples (Ehon tsuhi no hinagata), circa 1810-1815), by Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849), shunga, (approximate size, may vary slightly) 252 mm x 364 mm; depicts couple in erotic embrace |
| Caption on Slide |
Shunga print by Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849). Photograph: Lennox Tierney |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from (discolored) 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: "Shunga (春画) is a Japanese term for erotic art. Most shunga are a type of ukiyo-e, usually executed in woodblock print format. ... Translated literally, the Japanese word shunga means picture of spring; "spring" is a common euphemism for sex."--Wikipedia. |
| 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/s6nw026w |
| 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 |
340266 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6nw026w |
