Block printing, Meiji period: Utagawa Sadahide [1]

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Title Block printing, Meiji period: Utagawa Sadahide [1]
Photo Number Box 24, Japan, Block Printing, Minor Printers, 29
Description Photo shows a block print by Japanese artist Sadahide, depicting Mount Fuji; the inscription reads "Mt. Fuji is cloudy- we can see nothing, let's try tomorrow"
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 Utagawa, Sadahide, 1807-1873; Block printing--Japan; Ukiyoe
Keywords Meiji
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 Sadahide Gyokuran 19th C, Inscription reads "Mt. Fuji is cloudy- we can see nothing, let's try tomorrow" Japan over Blue box in upper left indicates preparedness inc. sandals to be worn in climbing the Mt. and the inner Caves. the red and yellow rectangles with black characters indic. portals, stations, shrines, & geological landmarks. Sig. of artist lower R. Sadahide Gyokuran
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Utagawa Sadahide (貞秀 , 1807-1873), also known as Gountei and Gyokuran, was a Japanese printmaker of the Meiji period. His landscapes often depicted the presence of Western Europeans visiting Japan.
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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Temporal Coverage 1947-2004
ARK ark:/87278/s6t448tx
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 329839
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6t448tx
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