Japanese Arts and Crafts: Tools [1]

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Title Japanese Arts and Crafts: Tools [1]
Photo Number Box 23, Japan, A & C, Arrangements in Groups, 9
Description Photo of an ink block, used for Japanese writing, within a Kiri wood box displayed on a wall
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970
Subject Arts and crafts--Japan--Photographs; Paulownia in art--Japanese--Photographs; California; Exhibitions
Keywords Claremont; Tierney; Arts and crafts; Mingei; Displays; Japanese crafts; Japanese folk art; Kiri wood; Wooden box; Ink block
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
Spatial Coverage California; Claremont (Los Angeles County)
Caption on Slide ink block and Kiri wood box
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Kiri wood is from a tree native to Asia, also known as Paulownia, and was often chosen by Japanese wood craftsmen for its strength, lightness, and durability as well as its aesthetic value.
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
ARK ark:/87278/s65t4288
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 330525
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s65t4288
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