Block printing: Hishikawa Moronobu [005]

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Title Block printing: Hishikawa Moronobu [005]
Photo Number Box 62, Special Lecture Japanese Prints, 4
Description Photograph of block print by Hishikawa Moronobu (Japanese, ca. 1618 - ca. 1694), (possibly sumizuri-e)
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1973
Subject Hishikawa, Moronobu, approximately 1618-approximately 1694--Photographs; Block printing--Japan--Photographs; Ukiyoe--Japan--Photographs; Men--Art--Photographs; Women--Art--Photographs; Art; Ukiyoe
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 Hishikawa Moronobu (Japanese, ca. 1618 - ca. 1694).
Additional Information Image was scanned from slide. Note: "Hishikawa Moronobu, (born 1618, Yasuda, Japan-died 1694, Edo [now Tokyo]), Japanese printmaker, the first great master of ukiyo-e ("pictures of the floating world"), a genre depicting entertainment districts and other scenes of urban life."--Encyclopædia Britannica. Note: "Sumizuri-e ("ink printed pictures")-monochrome printing using only black ink."--Wikipedia. Note: Original caption provided as: "Hishikawa Moronobu 1625-1695 Japan"
Type Image
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ARK ark:/87278/s6cj8xgx
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 340632
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6cj8xgx
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