| Title |
Block printing: Katsushika Hokusai [060] |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Photo Number |
Box 24, Japan, Block Printing, Hokusai, 6 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| 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; 2001; 2002; 2003 |
| Subject |
Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849--Photographs; Block printing--Japan--Photographs; Ukiyoe--Japan--Photographs; Bridges--Art--Photographs; Rivers--Art--Photographs; Peasants--Art--Photographs; Samurai--Art--Photographs; Autumn--Art--Photographs; Fall foliage--Art--Photographs; Art; Ukiyoe |
| Keywords |
Aiban; Tatsuta River; Oban |
| Description |
Photograph (detail) of block print: "People Crossing an Arched Bridge" (Ariwara no Narihira), (from the series One Hundred Poems as Explained by the Nurse (Hyakunin isshu uba ga etoki), c. 1835-36), by Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849), horizontal ôban or aiban, (approximate size, may vary slightly), 26.1 x 37.7 cm (10 1/4 x 14 5/8 in.); print depicts several people (peasants, samurai) crossing a bridge over the Tatsuta River (near Nara, Japan) during autumn |
| Caption on Slide |
Detail, "People Crossing an Arched Bridge" (Ariwara no Narihira), circa 1835-36, by Katsushika Hokusai. |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. Note: "Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾 北斎, October or November 1760 - May 10, 1849) was a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period. He was influenced by such painters as Sesshu, and other styles of Chinese painting. Born in Edo (now Tokyo), Hokusai is best known as author of the woodblock print series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (富嶽三十六景, Fugaku Sanjūroku-kei, c. 1831) which includes the internationally recognized print, The Great Wave off Kanagawa, created during the 1820s."--Wikipedia. Note: "Ōban: a print size [approximately] 10 x 15 inches (25 x 38 cm)."--Masterworks of Ukiyo-e…by Muneshige Narazaki, English translation by John Bester, page 21. Note: "Aiban: a print size [approximately] 9 x 13 inches (23 x 33 cm)."--Masterworks of Ukiyo-e…by Muneshige Narazaki, English translation by John Bester, page 21. |
| Type |
Image |
| Creator |
Tierney, Lennox |
| 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. |
| Temporal Coverage |
1947-2004 |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6j10k0v |
| 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 |
330739 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6j10k0v |
