Block printing: Furuyama Moromasa's "Shin Yoshiwara" [001]

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Title Block printing: Furuyama Moromasa's "Shin Yoshiwara" [001]
Photo Number Box 24, Japan, Block Printing, Minor Printers, 116
Description Photo shows a block print by Japanese artist Furuyama Moromasa, titled "Shin Yoshiwara." It portrays people playing game of Ken in the parlor at Yoshiwara
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 Furuyama Moromasa "Shin Yoshiwara" oban hand colored (urushi-e) Pub. Igaya, 1740s
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Furuyama Moromasa was a Japanese woodblock print artist active during the late 18th century and early 19th century. He was the son of Moronobu and a teacher of other artists in the Furuyama school; Note: See (also) image with File Name: sl_japaneseprints006, 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.
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ARK ark:/87278/s6h99mx7
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 329911
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6h99mx7
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