| Title |
Block printing: Katsushika Hokusai [036] |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Photo Number |
Box 61, Hokusai and other Japanese Printers, 41 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1973 |
| Subject |
Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849--Photographs; Block printing--Japan--Photographs; Ukiyoe--Japan--Photographs; Fuji, Mount (Japan)--Art--Photographs; Mountains--Art--Photographs; Landscapes--Art--Photographs; Art; Ukiyoe |
| Keywords |
Fujigoko; Fujisan; Fuji-san; Fuji-yama; Fujiyama; Oban |
| Description |
Photograph of block print: "Fine Wind, Clear Morning" (Gaifū kaisei), also known as "South Wind, Clear Sky" or "Red Fuji", (from the series Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji), by Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849), (approximate size, may vary slightly) 25.72 cm × 38 cm (10.125 in × 15 in), Edo period, circa 1831 - 1834, Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan |
| Caption on Slide |
"Fine Wind, Clear Morning" (Gaifu kaisei), also known as "South Wind, Clear Sky" or "Red Fuji", (from the series Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji), by Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849), woodblock print, 25.72 cm × 38 cm, Edo period, circa 1831 - 1834, Tokyo National Museum, Tokyo, Japan. |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. Note: "Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾 北斎, October or November 1760 - May 10, 1849) was a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period. He was influenced by such painters as Sesshu, and other styles of Chinese painting. Born in Edo (now Tokyo), Hokusai is best known as author of the woodblock print series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (富嶽三十六景, Fugaku Sanjūroku-kei, c. 1831) which includes the internationally recognized print, The Great Wave off Kanagawa, created during the 1820s."--Wikipedia Note: "[Copies of Red Fuji are] currently held by museums worldwide, including the British Museum in London, the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, and the Indianapolis Museum of Art."--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: "Katsushika Hokusai 1760-1849 Red Fuji from 36 views 39X26 cm Southerly wind and fine weather Tokyo Nat. Mus. Japan" |
| 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/s6tt57v7 |
| 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 |
340017 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6tt57v7 |
