| Title |
Block printing: Torii Kiyonaga [019] |
| Photo Number |
Box 24, Block Printing, Bath, 5 |
| Description |
Photograph of a block print: possibly left side of diptych known as "Bathhouse Women", (Onna yu), Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752-1815), circa 1780-89; print depicts a traditional Japanese bathhouse scene; from the Tierney's private collection of Asian art |
| Creator |
Tierney, Lennox |
| Date |
2010-05-05 |
| Subject |
Torii, Kiyonaga, 1752-1815--Photographs; Block printing--Japan--Photographs; Ukiyoe--Japan--Photographs; Women--Art--Photographs; Bathhouses--Art--Photographs; Public baths--Art--Photographs; Diptychs--Art--Photographs; Art; Ukiyoe |
| Keywords |
Bath houses |
| 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 |
Bath print, collection of L & C Tierney, 1-A-75, Japan. |
| Additional Information |
Image was scanned from color slide. Image needs to be rotated 90% to left for correct orientation/view. 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/item/2009615657/ 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? 1752-1815, Bath Print, Collection of L & C Tierney, 1-A-75, Japan" |
| Type |
Image |
| 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. |
| Rights |
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| ARK |
ark:/87278/s6fb5jn1 |
| 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 |
329540 |
| Reference URL |
https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6fb5jn1 |
