Block Printing: Japanese Bath [003]

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Title Block Printing: Japanese Bath [003]
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 24, Block Printing, Bath, 3
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 Ochiai, Yoshiiku, 1833-1904--Photographs; Toyohara, Kunichika, 1835-1900--Photographs; Block printing--Japan--Photographs; Lithography--Japan--Photographs; Women--Art--Photographs; Men--Art--Photographs; Bathhouses--Art--Photographs; Public baths--Art--Photographs; Art; Bathhouses
Keywords Bath houses; Fighting
Spatial Coverage Japan
Description Photograph of lithograph print of original block print showing scene in traditional Japanese bathhouse; original block print was possibly polyptych by two artists: Yoshiiku and Kunichika, circa 1868; this image (L to R) includes panels 4, 5, and 6 (right side)
Caption on Slide Bath Print, 1-A-76 C, Lithograph.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Caption is from photographer's notes on slide. Note: Similar image can be found on Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Online Catalog (PPOC), (in collection Fine Prints: Japanese, pre-1915): http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/jpd/item/2008660458/ Note: (regarding image of polyptych from LOC ) Panels 1, 2, and 3 (left side) and 4, 5, and 6 (right side) do not appear to match up in middle. Note: "Lithography ('to write') is a method for printing using a stone (lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a completely smooth surface."--Wikipedia. Note: "Woodcut...is a relief printing artistic technique in printmaking in which an image is carved into the surface of a block of wood, with the printing parts remaining level with the surface while the non-printing parts are removed, typically with gouges. The areas to show 'white' are cut away with a knife or chisel, leaving the characters or image to show in 'black' at the original surface level. The block is cut along the grain of the wood (unlike wood engraving where the block is cut in the end-grain). The surface is covered with ink by rolling over the surface with an ink-covered roller (brayer), leaving ink upon the flat surface but not in the non-printing areas."--Wikipedia. Note: LC Heading: Ochiai, Yoshiiku, 1833-1904 aka: Utagawa, Yoshiiku, |d 1833-1904 aka: Ochiai, Ikujirō, |d 1833-1904 Note: Image with File Name: block_print_bath_001 appears to be same as this image.
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/s6pv722q
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 329538
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6pv722q
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