Block printing: Eishi School / Hosoda School [002]

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Title Block printing: Eishi School / Hosoda School [002]
Photo Number Box 24, Japan, Block Printing, Minor Printers, 53
Description Photo shows a block print by Japanese artist Eisui Chosodi (a.k.a. Eisui Ichirakusai), depicting the head of a Japanese woman
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1978
Subject Block printing--Japan; Eisui Ichirakusai,--fl. 1790-1823; Art; Ukiyoe
Keywords Bijinga
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Holding Institution Special Collections, J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Caption on Slide Eisui Chosodi, 1790-1823, little known about life commoner, pupil of Eishi Hosoda, NBN Coll.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Eisui Ichirakusai (active 1790-1823) was a pupil of Eishi Hosoda. He worked as a book illustrator. The known single sheets are mostly bust portraits of bijin, beautiful young girls.--Artelino.
Type Image
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.
Rights
ARK ark:/87278/s6kd2dmq
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 329864
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6kd2dmq
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