Block printing: Kitagawa Utamaro [013]

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Title Block printing: Kitagawa Utamaro [013]
Photo Number Box 62, Special Lecture Japanese Prints, 27
Description Photograph of block print: "Hanaogi of the Ogiya", (from the series A Collection of Portraits of Reigning Beauties), by Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1753-1806), nishiki-e, vertical ôban, circa 1794; ten prints in the series, each portraying one of the famous courtesans of the geisha houses in Yoshiwara
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1978
Subject Kitagawa, Utamaro, 1753?-1806--Photographs; Block printing--Japan--Photographs; Ukiyoe--Japan--Photographs; Women--Art--Photographs; Courtesans--Art--Photographs; Clothing and dress--Art--Photographs; Art; Ukiyoe; Clothing and dress
Keywords Nishiki-e; Bijinga; Oban
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 "Hanaogi of the Ogiya", (from the series A Collection of Portraits of Reigning Beauties), Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1753-1806), nishiki-e, vertical oban, circa 1794, Japan.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Image needs to be rotated 90% to right for correct orientation/view. Note: Similar image (with information) can be found in Utamaro: Portraits from the Floating World by Tadashi Kobayashi, translated by Mark A. Harbison, pages 24-26. Note: "Kitagawa Utamaro (ca. 1753 - October 31, 1806) was a Japanese printmaker and painter, who is considered one of the greatest artists of woodblock prints (ukiyo-e). His name was romanized archaically as Outamaro. He is known especially for his masterfully composed studies of women, known as bijinga. He also produced nature studies, particularly illustrated books of insects."--Wikipedia. Note: "Nishiki-e (lit. "brocade picture") refers to Japanese multi-colored woodblock printing; this technique is used primarily in ukiyo-e. It was invented in the 1760s...Previously, most prints had been in black-and-white, colored by hand, or colored with the addition of one or two color ink blocks. A nishiki-e print is created by carving a separate woodblock for every color, and using them in a stepwise fashion...in order to create a single complete image."--Wikipedia. Note: "Ōban: a print size [approximately] 10 x 15 inches (25 x 38 cm)."-Masterworks of Ukiyo-e…by Muneshige Narazaki, English translation by John Bester, page 21. Note: Original caption information for this image provided as: "Kitagawa Utamaro-1795 the Courtesan Hanaog of the Ogiya, an assemblage of beauties of the current propserous age Oban Nishiki-e 38 X 24.8, Japan"
Type Image
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ARK ark:/87278/s6r21jdd
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 340784
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6r21jdd
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