Title |
Block printing: Toyohara Kunichika |
Photo Number |
Box 24, Japan, Block Printing, Minor Printers, 70 |
Description |
Photo shows a block print by Japanese artist Toyohara Kunichika, depicting the actor Bando |
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 |
Toyohara, Kunichika, 1835-1900; Block printing--Japan; Ukiyoe; Kabuki |
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 |
Toyohara Kunichika 1835-1900, The Actor Bando Mitzusabura |
Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. "Toyohara Kunichika (豊原 国周, June 30, 1835 - July 1, 1900) was a Japanese woodblock print artist. Talented as a child, at about thirteen he became a student of Tokyo's then-leading print maker, Utagawa Kunisada. His deep appreciation and knowledge of kabuki drama led to his production primarily of ukiyo-e actor-prints, which are woodblock prints of kabuki actors and scenes from popular plays of the time. An alcoholic and womanizer, Kunichika also portrayed women deemed beautiful (bijinga), contemporary social life, and a few landscapes and historical scenes. He worked successfully in the Edo period, and carried those traditions into the Meiji period. To his contemporaries and now to some modern art historians, this has been seen as a significant achievement during a transitional period of great social and political change in Japan's history."--Wikipedia |
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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Temporal Coverage |
1947-2004 |
ARK |
ark:/87278/s6rx9ts9 |
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 |
329878 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rx9ts9 |