| Title |
Block printing: Torii Kiyonaga [004] |
| Photo Number |
Box 62, Special Lecture Japanese Prints, 41 |
| Description |
Photograph of a block print: left side of a diptych, known as "Seeing Off at Night (The Seventh Month)", (from the series Twelve Months in the South (Minami jûni kô), circa 1784), by Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752-1815), approximate size of diptych, may vary: 37.4 x 51.1 cm (14 3/4 x 20 1/8 in.) |
| Creator |
Tierney, Lennox |
| Date |
1949 |
| Subject |
Torii, Kiyonaga, 1752-1815--Photographs; Block printing--Japan--Photographs; Ukiyoe--Japan--Photographs; Women--Art--Photographs; Men--Art--Photographs; Samurai--Art--Photographs; Clothing and dress--Art--Photographs; Lanterns--Art--Photographs; Night--Art--Photographs; Diptychs--Art--Photographs; Art; Ukiyoe; Clothing and dress |
| Keywords |
Bijinga; Oban |
| 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 |
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752-1815), hand-colored, Japan. |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from slide. Hand-colored, circa 1949. Note: Similar image can be found in Masterworks of Ukiyo-e: Kiyonaga by Muneshige Narazaki, English translation by John Bester, page 44. Note: Similar image can be found on Museum of Fine Arts, Boston website: http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/the-seventh-month-from-the-series-twelve-months-in-the-south-minami-j-ni-k-489328 Note: "Torii Kiyonaga, original name Sekiguchi Shinsuke (born 1752, Sagami Province, Japan - died June 28, 1815, Edo [Tokyo]), one of the most important Japanese artists of the Ukiyo-e movement (paintings and wood-block prints of the "floating world")...Kiyonaga concentrated on the depiction of famous beauties...Women in his prints were tall and stately, drawn with elegantly graceful lines in a realistic style."--Encyclopædia Britannica online. Note: "Ōban: a print size [approximately] 10 x 15 inches (25 x 38 cm)."--Masterworks of Ukiyo-e: Kiyonaga by Muneshige Narazaki, English translation by John Bester, page 21. Note: This series is considered by some to be one of the greatest works of art in the history of ukiyo-e, and in the history of Japanese art as a whole.-Masterworks of Ukiyo-e: Kiyonaga by Muneshige Narazaki, English translation by John Bester, page 44. Note: Original caption information provided as: "Kiyonaga Hand Colored Slide 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. |
| Rights |
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| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6bp0krd |
| 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 |
340431 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6bp0krd |
