Block printing: Katsukawa Shunko [001]

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Title Block printing: Katsukawa Shunko [001]
Photo Number Box 24, Japan, Block Printing, Minor Printers, 74
Description Photograph of a block print depicting the actor Sakata Hangoro by Japanese artist Katsukawa Shunkō
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1978
Subject Katsukawa, Shunkō, 1743-1812--Photographs; Block printing--Photographs; Ukiyoe--Photographs; Performing arts--Art--Photographs; Men--Art--Photographs; Actors--Art--Photographs; Male actors--Art--Photographs; Theater--Art--Photographs; Kabuki--Art--Photographs; Clothing and dress--Art--Photographs; Costume--Art--Photographs; Theatrical makeup--Art--Photographs; Art; Ukiyoe; Clothing and dress; Theater
Keywords Ōkubi-e; Nishiki-e; Costumes; Make-up; Oban
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 The Actor Sakata Hangoro, circa 1781-89, by Katsukawa Shunko (Japanese, 1743-1812), nishiki-e, vertical oban, 38.5 x 25.8 cm.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: "Katsukawa Shunkō I (1743 - December 1, 1812) was a designer of ukiyo-e style Japanese woodblock prints in Edo (Tokyo). He...is generally credited with designing the first large head actor portraits (ōkubi-e)... Several other artists are known in English as "Shunkō", although their names are not all written with the same kanji."--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: Original caption information provided as: "Katsukawa Shunko 1781 1789, The Actor Sakata Hangoro, oban, nishiki-e, 38.5x25.8."
Type Image
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ARK ark:/87278/s6cr6949
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 329881
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6cr6949
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