| Title |
Block printing: Katsukawa Shunsho [007] |
| Collection Name and Number |
P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection |
| Photo Number |
Box 24, Japan, Block Printing, Minor Printers, 68 |
| Publisher |
Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah |
| Date |
1978 |
| Subject |
Katsukawa, Shunshō, 1726-1793--Photographs; Block printing--Photographs; Ukiyoe--Photographs; Ichikawa family--Art--Photographs; Ichikawa, Danjūrō--Art--Photographs; Iwai, Hanshirō V, 1776-1847--Art--Photographs; Performing arts--Art--Photographs; Men--Art--Photographs; Actors--Art--Photographs; Male actors--Art--Photographs; Theater--Art--Photographs; Kabuki--Art--Photographs; Clothing and dress--Art--Photographs; Costume--Art--Photographs; Theatrical makeup--Art--Photographs; Art; Ukiyoe; Clothing and dress; Theater |
| Keywords |
Nishiki-e; Aiban; Onnagata; Costumes; Make-up |
| Description |
Photo shows a block print by Japanese artist Katsukawa Shunsho, depicting actors Ichikawa Danjuro and Iwai Hanshiro, nishiki-e, vertical aiban (32x22) |
| Caption on Slide |
Ukiyo-e print depicting the actors Ichikawa Danjuro and Iwai Hanshiro, Katsukawa Shunsho (Japanese, 1726-1793), nishiki-e, aiban (32x22), Japan. |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. Note: "Katsukawa Shunshō (1726 - January 19, 1793) was a Japanese painter and printmaker in the ukiyo-e style, and the leading artist of the Katsukawa school. Shunshō studied under Miyagawa Shunsui, son and student of Miyagawa Chōshun, both equally famous and talented ukiyo-e artists. Shunshō is most well known for introducing a new form of yakusha-e, prints depicting Kabuki actors. However, his bijinga (images of beautiful women) paintings, while less famous, are said by some scholars to be "the best in the second half of the [18th] century."--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: "Aiban: a print size [approximately] 9 x 13 inches (23 x 33 cm)."--Masterworks of Ukiyo-e…by Muneshige Narazaki, English translation by John Bester, page 21. Note: Original caption information provided as: "Katsu Kawa Shunsho 1772 1791 The Actors Ichikawa Danjuro and Iwai Hanshiro Aiban 32x22 nishiki-e, Japan" |
| 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. |
| ARK |
ark:/87278/s61g1308 |
| 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 |
329876 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s61g1308 |
