Block printing: Torii Kiyonaga [021]

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Title Block printing: Torii Kiyonaga [021]
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 24, Japan, Block Printing, Kiyonaga, 10
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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; Hot springs--Art--Photographs; Pipe smoking--Art--Photographs; Tobacco pipes--Art--Photographs; Art; Ukiyoe; Clothing and dress
Keywords Bijinga
Description Photograph of a block print: possibly known as "Miyanoshita", by Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752-1815), circa 1779; one of Kiyonaga's bijinga works
Caption on Slide Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752-1815).
Additional Information Image was scanned from slide. Appears to be hand-colored. Note: Similar image can be found on Metropolitan Museum of Art website: http://www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/60026658 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"
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.
Textual Date 1947-2004
ARK ark:/87278/s6hx1vjc
Digitization Specifications Original scanned on Nikon Coolscan 5000 and saved as 2700 ppi TIFF. Display image generated in CONTENTdm as JP2000.
Donor Lennox Tierney; Catherine Tierney
Setname uum_lctpc
ID 330770
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6hx1vjc
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