| Title |
Block printing: Katsushika Hokusai [073] |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Photo Number |
Box 61, Hokusai and other Japanese Printers, 90 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
2003 |
| Subject |
Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849--Photographs; Block printing--Japan--Photographs; Ukiyoe--Japan--Photographs; Surimono--Japan--Photographs; Women--Art--Photographs; Courtesans--Art--Photographs; Clothing and dress--Art--Photographs; Parasols--Art--Photographs; Umbrellas--Art--Photographs; Fences--Art--Photographs; Flowers--Art--Photographs; Flowering tress--Art--Photographs; Art; Ukiyoe; Surimono; Clothing and dress |
| Keywords |
Oiran |
| Description |
Photograph of block print, surimono, by Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849), depicting three women standing near a fence viewing flowering tree blossoms, signed: Hokusai Sōri-ga |
| Caption on Slide |
Surimono by Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849), depicting an oiran and maids near a fence, signed: Hokusai Sori-ga. Copy photograph by Lennox Tierney. |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Similar image can be found on Musée Guimet (Paris, France) website: http://www.guimet.fr/fr/expositions/expositions-passees/hokusai--laffole-de-son-art--dedmond-de-goncourt-a-norbert-lagane 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: "Surimono (literally ‘printed thing') were de luxe colour woodblock prints privately produced as greetings or tributes for special occasions such as the New Year or a person's change of name...Most surimono included a poem..."--The British Museum website. Note: Hokusai signed his work using many different names including: Katsushika Hokusai (Shunrō, Sōri, Taitō).--Wikipedia. Note: Original caption information for this image provided as: "An oiran and maids by a fence signed Hokusai Soriga. 1796-97 Double long Surimono Copy by Lennox Tierney Japan" |
| 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. |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6jm2tk0 |
| 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 |
340174 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6jm2tk0 |
