Block printing: Utagawa School [001]

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Title Block printing: Utagawa School [001]
Photo Number Box 61, Hokusai and other Japanese Printers, 95
Description Photograph of block print: possibly the work of Utagawa Kunisada I (also known as Toyokuni III) (?) or some other student in Utagawa school; possibly depicts an actor in costume or a geisha, Hanneli Gerson Collection
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1949; 1950; 1951; 1952; 1953; 1954; 1955; 1956; 1957; 1958; 1959; 1960; 1961; 1962; 1963; 1964; 1965; 1966; 1967; 1968; 1969; 1970; 1971; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1976; 1977; 1978; 1979; 1980; 1981; 1982; 1983; 1984; 1985; 1986; 1987; 1988; 1989; 1990; 1991; 1992; 1993; 1994; 1995; 1996; 1997; 1998; 1999; 2000
Subject Utagawa school of Ukiyoe--Photographs; Block printing--Photographs; Ukiyoe--Photographs; Paper lanterns--Art--Photographs; Clothing and dress--Art--Photographs; Art; Ukiyoe; Clothing and dress
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 Ukiyo-e print
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: "The Utagawa school was a group of Japanese woodblock print artists, founded by Toyoharu. His pupil, Toyokuni I, took over after Toyoharu's death and raised the group to become the most famous and powerful woodblock print school for the remainder of the 19th century...The school became so successful and well known that today more than half of all surviving ukiyo-e prints are from it."--Wikipedia. Note: Original caption information provided as: "Hanneli Gerson Collection Geisha Woodblock Print Needs Research"
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
ARK ark:/87278/s6sb4ppv
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 340327
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6sb4ppv
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