Block printing: Okumura Masanobu [012]

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Title Block printing: Okumura Masanobu [012]
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 61, Hokusai and other Japanese Printers, 11
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1987
Subject Okumura, Masanobu, 1686-1764--Photographs; Block printing--Japan--Photographs; Women--Art--Photographs; Mirrors--Art--Photographs; Cosmetics--Art--Photographs; Clothing and dress--Art--Photographs; Art; Ukiyoe; Clothing and dress
Keywords Urushi-e; Bijinga; Make-up
Description Photograph of block print: possibly known as "Young Woman with a Hand Mirror" or "Beauty with a Mirror" by Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686-1764), urushi-e, pillar print, circa 1743
Caption on Slide Okumura Masanobu (Japanese, 1686-1764), urushi-e, pillar print, circa 1743.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Image needs to be rotated 90% to right for correct orientation/view. Note: Information provided in description found on British Museum website. http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/search_the_collection_database/search_object_details.aspx?partid=1&objectid=783585 Note: "Okumura Masanobu (1686-1764) was a Japanese print designer, book publisher, and painter. He also illustrated novelettes and in his early years wrote some fiction. At first his work adhered to the Torii school, but later drifted beyond that. He is a figure in the formative era of ukiyo-e doing early works on actors and bijinga, 'beautiful women.'"--Wikipedia. Note: "Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu as a puppet player. Urushi-e lg. zie long print (pillar) c. 1743 Okumura Masanobu Lennox Tierney Japan (on back) Ex Bob Thompson"
Type Image
Creator Tierney, Lennox
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ARK ark:/87278/s64t729j
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 340092
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s64t729j
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