Title |
Block printing: Katsushika Hokusai [012] |
Photo Number |
Box 61, Hokusai and other Japanese Printers, 87 |
Description |
Photograph of block print: Right-hand side of double-page spread of "Sportsmen" manga, by Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849) |
Creator |
Tierney, Lennox |
Date |
1974 |
Subject |
Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849--Photographs; Block printing--Japan--Photographs; Ukiyoe--Japan--Photographs; Men--Art--Photographs; Athletes--Art--Photographs; Acrobats--Art--Photographs; Art; Ukiyoe |
Keywords |
Manga; Contortionists |
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 |
"Sportsmen" manga, by Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849). |
Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Similar image can be found in The Hokusai Sketchbooks: Selections from the Manga by James A. Michener, page 75. 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: "These acrobats are practicing common contortionists' tricks."--The Hokusai Sketchbooks: Selections from the Manga by James A. Michener, page 75. Note: Original caption information provided as: "Hokusai pages from the Manga 1760-1849 Japan" |
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 |
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ARK |
ark:/87278/s68k7t1w |
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 |
340091 |
Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s68k7t1w |