| Title |
Block printing: Torii Kiyonaga [005] |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Photo Number |
Box 62, Special Lecture Japanese Prints, 43 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1949 |
| Subject |
Torii, Kiyonaga, 1752-1815--Photographs; Block printing--Japan--Photographs; Ukiyoe--Japan--Photographs; Women--Art--Photographs; Clothing and dress--Art--Photographs; Letter writing--Art--Photographs; Moon--Art--Photographs; Night--Art--Photographs; Fishing boats--Art--Photographs; Torches--Art--Photographs; Art; Ukiyoe; Clothing and dress |
| Keywords |
Bijinga; Oban |
| Description |
Photograph of a block print: "Fishing Fires (The Ninth Month)", (from the series Twelve Months in the South (Minami jûni kô), circa 1784), by Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752-1815), vertical ôban, (approximate size, may vary) 38.9 x 25.8 cm (15 5/16 x 10 3/16 in.) |
| Caption on Slide |
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752-1815), hand-colored, circa 1949, Japan. |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from 1949 slide. Hand-colored, image flipped/reversed. Note: Similar image can be found in Masterworks of Ukiyo-e: Kiyonaga by Muneshige Narazaki, English translation by John Bester, page 45. Note: Similar image can also be found on Museum of Fine Arts, Boston website: http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/the-ninth-month-from-the-series-twelve-months-in-the-south-minami-j-ni-k-233287 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 1781 Hand Colored Slide 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. |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6x06r1q |
| 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 |
340535 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6x06r1q |
