| Title |
Block printing: Katsukawa Shuncho [002] |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Photo Number |
Box 24, Japan, Block Printing, Minor Printers, 56 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1978 |
| Subject |
Katsukawa, Shunchō, active 1783-1821--Photographs; Block printing--Japan--Photographs; Ukiyoe--Japan--Photographs; Women--Art--Photographs; Women poets--Art--Photographs; Ono, Komachi, active 9th century--Art--Photographs; Art; Ukiyoe; Women poets |
| Keywords |
Nishiki-e; Chūban; Bijinga |
| Description |
Photograph of block print: possibly known as "The Parrot" (from the series Seven Episodes from the Life of the Court Poetess Ono no Komachi), possibly nishiki-e, chūban (?) by Japanese artist Katsukawa Shunchō, depicting the Poetess Kamachi |
| Caption on Slide |
"Parrot", circa 1804-1818, Seven Ages of the Poetess Kamachi. |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. Note: "Katsukawa Shunchō was a Japanese designer of ukiyo-e style Japanese woodblock prints, who was active from about 1783 to about 1795. Although a student of Katsukawa Shunshō, Shunchō's output, which consists mostly of prints of beautiful women, more closely resembles the work of Torii Kiyonaga."--Wikipedia. Note: "Chūban: a print size [approximately] 8 x 11 inches (20 x 28 cm)."--Masterworks of Ukiyo-e…by Muneshige Narazaki, English translation by John Bester, page 21. 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: Original caption information provided as: "Katsukawa Shuncho 1804 1818 Parrot Komachi Seven Ages of the Poetess Komachi." Note: See (also) image with File Name: block_print_minor_022. |
| 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/s69z9mnb |
| 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 |
329866 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s69z9mnb |
