| Title |
Block printing: Torii Kiyonaga [013] |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Photo Number |
Box 62, Special Lecture Japanese Prints, 47 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1978 |
| Subject |
Torii, Kiyonaga, 1752-1815--Photographs; Block printing--Japan--Photographs; Ukiyoe--Japan--Photographs; Women--Art--Photographs; Children--Art--Photographs; Bridges--Art--Photographs; Clothing and dress--Art--Photographs; Flowering trees--Art--Photographs; Cherry--Art--Photographs; Turtles--Art--Photographs; Art; Ukiyoe; Clothing and dress |
| Keywords |
Nishiki-e; Cherry blossoms; Cherry trees; Sakura; Oban |
| Description |
Photograph of a block print: possibly known as "Two Women with Children on a Bridge" or "Shore of Shinobazu Pond", by Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752-1815), possibly a nishiki-e, vertical oban, possibly dated 1788 |
| Caption on Slide |
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752-1815). |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Similar image can be found on ARTstor. Note: Similar image can also be found on Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum website: http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/art/206910 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: "Nishiki-e (lit. "brocade picture") refers to Japanese multi-colored woodblock printing; this technique is used primarily in ukiyo-e. It was invented in the 1760s...Previously, most prints had been in black-and-white, colored by hand, or colored with the addition of one or two color ink blocks. A nishiki-e print is created by carving a separate woodblock for every color, and using them in a stepwise fashion...in order to create a single complete image."--Wikipedia. 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: "Torii Kiyonaga 1788 The Shore of Shinobazu pond right hand print of triptych Oban Nishiki-e 38.2X25.8 Japan" Note: Also see image with File Name: block_printing_kiyonaga_004. |
| 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/s6dj5zm9 |
| 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 |
340624 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6dj5zm9 |
