| Title |
Block printing: Utagawa Kuniyoshi [002] |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Photo Number |
Box 24, Japan, Block Printing, Minor Printers, 15 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1978 |
| Subject |
Utagawa, Kuniyoshi, 1798-1861--Photographs; Block prints--Japan--Photographs; Ukiyoe--Japan--Photographs; Men--Art--Photographs; Boats and boating--Art--Photographs; Bodies of water--Art--Photographs; Fireworks--Art--Photographs; Swimming--Art--Photographs; Art; Ukiyoe |
| Keywords |
Nishiki-e; Ryogoku; Oban |
| Description |
Photograph of a block print: "Evening Cool at Ryogoku", possibly also known as "Cooling Off at Ryôgoku", (from the series Celebrated Places in the Eastern Capital) by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1798-1861), nishiki-e, horizontal ôban (approximate size, may vary) 25.8 x 37.9 cm (10 3/16 x 14 15/16 in.), circa 1832 |
| Caption on Slide |
"Evening Cool at Ryogoku", (from the series Celebrated Places in the Eastern Capital) by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (Japanese, 1798-1861), nishiki-e, horizontal oban, circa 1832. |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Similar image can be found on the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston website: http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/cooling-off-at-ry-goku-bridge-ry-goku-no-suzumi-from-the-series-famous-places-in-the-eastern-capital-t-to-meisho-208565 Note: Utagawa Kuniyoshi, (born Jan. 1, 1798, Kanda, Edo [now Tokyo]-died April 14, 1861, Edo), Japanese painter and printmaker of the ukiyo-e ("pictures of the floating world") movement...Kuniyoshi was a pupil of Utagawa Toyokuni. He established his fame as the designer of...warrior prints... He also produced landscapes, frequently using Western perspective.--Encyclopædia Britannica online. Note: "His subjects range from warriors and beautiful women to landscapes and mythical animals."--Wikipedia. Note: "Ryōgoku is a neighborhood in Sumida, Tokyo...In 1659, the Ryōgoku Bridge was built, spanning the Sumida River just upstream of its confluence with the Kanda River...The neighborhood derived its name from that of the bridge."--Wikipedia. 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…by Muneshige Narazaki, English translation by John Bester, page 21. Note: LC Heading: Utagawa, Kuniyoshi, 1798-1861 aka: Ichiyusai Kuniyoshi, |d 1798-1861 |
| 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/s6gt63z6 |
| 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 |
329826 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6gt63z6 |
