Block printing: Torii Kiyonaga [003]

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Title Block printing: Torii Kiyonaga [003]
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 24, Japan, Block Printing, Kiyonaga, 3
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1949; 1950
Subject Torii, Kiyonaga, 1752-1815--Photographs; Block printing--Japan--Photographs; Ukiyoe--Japan--Photographs; Women--Art--Photographs; Clothing and dress--Art--Photographs; Ships--Art--Photographs; Beaches--Art--Photographs; Diptychs--Art--Photographs; Art; Ukiyoe; Clothing and dress
Keywords Bijinga; Oban
Description Photograph of a block print: right side of a diptych, known as "Gathering Shellfish at Low Tide", also known as "The Fourth 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: 37.8 x 50 cm (14 7/8 x 19 11/16 in.)
Caption on Slide Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752-1815), hand-colored, circa 1949, 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, pages 46-47. Note: Similar image can also be found on Museum of Fine Arts, Boston website: http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/the-fourth-month-from-the-series-twelve-months-in-the-south-minami-j-ni-k-489329 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: Original caption information provided as: "Kiyonaga 19th C. Probably Hand colored print C. 1949"
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.
Textual Date 1947-2004
ARK ark:/87278/s6f48501
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 330763
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6f48501
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