Block printing: Torii Kiyonaga [022]

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Title Block printing: Torii Kiyonaga [022]
Photo Number Box 62, Special Lecture Japanese Prints, 44
Description Photograph of a block print: possibly known as "Girls by Iris Pond", possibly (also) known as "The Iris Garden", by Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752-1815), circa 1784
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 Torii, Kiyonaga, 1752-1815--Photographs; Block printing--Japan--Photographs; Ukiyoe--Japan--Photographs; Women--Art--Photographs; Clothing and dress--Art--Photographs; Ponds--Art--Photographs; Irises (Plants)--Art--Photographs; Gardens--Art--Photographs; Art; Ukiyoe; Clothing and dress
Keywords Bijinga
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 Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752-1815), student of Torii Kiyomitsu. Hand-colored, Japan.
Additional Information Image was scanned from slide. Hand-colored. Note: Similar image can be found on ARTstor. Note: Similar image can also be found on the Metropolitan Museum Art website: http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/60026765 Note: "Torii Kiyonaga, original name Sekiguchi Shinsuke (born 1752, Sagami Province, Japan - died June 28, 1815, Edo [Tokyo]), one of the most important Japanese artists of the Ukiyo-e movement (paintings and wood-block prints of the "floating world")...Kiyonaga concentrated on the depiction of famous beauties...Women in his prints were tall and stately, drawn with elegantly graceful lines in a realistic style."--Encyclopædia Britannica online. Note: Original caption information provided as: "Kiyonaga, Torii Pupil of Kiyomitsu 1752-1815 Hand Colored Slide Japan"
Type Image
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ARK ark:/87278/s6s18kgb
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 340598
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6s18kgb
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