Block printing: Katsushika Hokusai [061]

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Title Block printing: Katsushika Hokusai [061]
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 61, Hokusai and other Japanese Printers, 66
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; Art; Ukiyoe
Keywords Aiban; Kintai Bridge; Kintai Bashi; Kintaibashi; Kintai-bashi; Brocade Bridge; Oban
Description Photograph of block print: "The Kintai Bridge in Suô Province" (Suô no kuni Kintaibashi), (from the series Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyô kiran), circa 1834), by Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849), horizontal ôban or aiban, (approximate size, may vary slightly) 24.3 cm x 36.7 cm (9 9/16 in. x 14 7/16 in.)
Caption on Slide "The Kintai Bridge in Suô Province" (Suô no kuni Kintaibashi), (from the series Remarkable Views of Bridges in Various Provinces (Shokoku meikyô kiran), circa 1834), by Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849).
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: "The Kintai Bridge is a historical wooden arch bridge, in the city of Iwakuni, in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan."--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. Note: Original caption information provided as: "Katsushika Hokusai, 1760-1849 Brocade Bridge in Suo Province c. 1830s Iwakuni Japan"
Type Image
Creator Tierney, Lennox
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ARK ark:/87278/s6h428d0
Digitization Specifications Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000.
Donor Tierney, Lennox; Tierney, Catherine
Setname uum_lctpc
ID 340097
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6h428d0
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