| Title |
Block printing: Furuyama Moromasa's "Shin Yoshiwara" [002] |
| Photo Number |
Box 62, Special Lecture Japanese Prints, 6 |
| Description |
Photograph of block print: "Shin Yoshiwara" also known as "A Game of Hand Sumō in the New Yoshiwara" and "A Game of Ken in a Parlor in the New Yoshiwara" by Furuyama Moromasa (Japanese, circa 1712-1772), extra-ôban (approximate size, may vary) 12 31/32 x 18 1/2 in. (33.0 x 47.0 cm), circa 1740 |
| Creator |
Tierney, Lennox |
| Date |
1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970; 1971; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1976; 1977; 1978; 1979; 1980; 1981; 1982; 1983; 1984; 1985; 1986; 1987; 1988; 1989; 1990; 1991; 1992; 1993; 1994; 1995; 1996; 1997; 1998; 1999; 2000 |
| Subject |
Block printing--Japan--Photographs; Ukiyoe--Japan--Photographs; Men--Art--Photographs; Women--Art--Photographs; Games--Art--Photographs; Red-light districts--Art--Photographs; Prostitution--Art--Photographs; Art; Ukiyoe |
| 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 |
"Shin Yoshiwara", also known as "A Game of Hand Sumō in the New Yoshiwara" and "A Game of Ken in a Parlor in the New Yoshiwara" by Furuyama Moromasa, Publisher: Igaya, 1740's, Japan. |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Similar images can be found in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and of the Museum of Fine Art, Boston: http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/60001207 http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/a-game-of-ken-in-a-parlor-in-the-new-yoshiwara-233479 Note: Information provided in Description (above) can be found in Ukiyo-e Prints and Paintings: The Primitive Period (1680-1745), The Art Institute of Chicago (1971), pages 112-113. Note: "Furuyama Moromasa (Japanese, circa 1712-1772)...was the son of Moroshige, who was the direct pupil of Moronobu, whose name he used for a certain period. For a time he also used the name Hishikawa. His style in his rare but interesting genre scenes and portraits of beautiful women, was closest to that of Kiyonobu and Masanobu.--Ukiyo-e by Gian Carlo Calza, page 511. Note: "Yoshiwara was a famous yūkaku (pleasure district, red-light district) in Edo, present-day Tōkyō, Japan."--Wikipedia. Note: See image with File Name: block_print_minor_116, question re: father/son/teacher. |
| 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/s65d98v4 |
| 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 |
340742 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65d98v4 |
