| Title |
Block printing: Katsushika Hokusai [004] |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Photo Number |
Box 61, Hokusai and other Japanese Printers, 60 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1978 |
| Subject |
Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849--Photographs; Block printing--Japan--Photographs; Bridges--Art--Photographs; Art |
| Keywords |
Ryogoku-bashi; Ryogokubashi |
| Description |
Photograph of block print: possibly known as "Ryogoku Bridge", from the series Dutch-style Pictures: Eight Views of Edo (Oranda gakyo Edo hakkei), 1804-16, by Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849), (approximate size, may vary slightly) 8.3 x 11.2 cm (3 1/4 x 4 3/8 in.) |
| Caption on Slide |
Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849). |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from (faded) color slide. Note: Similar image can be found on the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston website: http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/ry-goku-from-the-series-the-dutch-picture-lens-eight-views-of-edo-oranda-gaky-edo-hakkei-212651 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: "Ryōgoku is a neighborhood in Sumida, Tokyo...In 1659, the Ryōgoku Bridge was built, spanning the Sumida River just upstream of its confluence with the Kanda River...The neighborhood derived its name from that of the bridge."--Wikipedia. Note: Original caption provided as: "Hokusai Katsachika (1760-1849) Nihon bashi" |
| 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/s6f4862b |
| 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 |
340113 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6f4862b |
