Block printing: Katsushika Hokusai [046]

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Title Block printing: Katsushika Hokusai [046]
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 61, Hokusai and other Japanese Printers, 74
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; 2001; 2002; 2003
Subject Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849--Photographs; Block printing--Japan--Photographs; Landscapes--Art--Photographs; Fuji, Mount (Japan)--Art--Photographs; Mountains--Art; Boats and boating--Art--Photographs; Ferries--Art--Photographs; Bridges--Art--Photographs; Men--Art--Photographs; Art; Ukiyoe
Keywords Fujigoko; Fujisan; Fuji-san; Fuji-yama; Fujiyama; Ryogokubashi; Ryogoku-bashi; Ferryboats; Oban
Description Photograph of block print: "Viewing Sunset over Ryôgoku Bridge from the Ommaya Embankment" (Ommayagashi yori Ryôgoku-bashi no sekiyô o miru), (from the series Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Fugaku sanjûrokkei), circa 1831), by Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849), ukiyo-e, horizontal ôban, (approximate size, may vary slightly) 26 x 38.6 cm (10 1/4 x 15 3/16 in.), Late Edo period, circa 1829-1833; Print depicts a boatman ferrying people across the water, with a bridge and a distant view of Mount Fuji
Caption on Slide "Viewing Sunset over Ryôgoku Bridge from the Ommaya Embankment", by Katsushika Hokusai (Japanese, 1760-1849).
Additional Information Image was scanned from a 1949 slide. Note: Appears to be hand-colored. Image flipped/reversed. Note: "Katsushika Hokusai (葛飾 北斎, October or November 1760 - May 10, 1849) was a Japanese artist, ukiyo-e painter and printmaker of the Edo period. He was influenced by such painters as Sesshu, and other styles of Chinese painting. Born in Edo (now Tokyo), Hokusai is best known as author of the woodblock print series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji (富嶽三十六景, Fugaku Sanjūroku-kei, c. 1831) which includes the internationally recognized print, The Great Wave off Kanagawa, created during the 1820s."--Wikipedia. Note: "Ryōgoku is a neighborhood in Sumida, Tokyo...In 1659, the Ryōgoku Bridge was built, spanning the Sumida River just upstream of its confluence with the Kanda River...The neighborhood derived its name from that of the bridge."--Wikipedia. Note: Original caption information provided for this image as: "Hokusai (1760-1849) 1949 Slide, Japan Ferry at Onmayagashi"
Type Image
Creator Tierney, Lennox
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ARK ark:/87278/s6s478zj
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 340180
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6s478zj
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