Block printing: Kitagawa Utamaro [018]

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Title Block printing: Kitagawa Utamaro [018]
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 62, Special Lecture Japanese Prints, 36
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
Subject Kitagawa, Utamaro, 1753?-1806--Photographs; Block printing--Japan--Photographs; Ukiyoe--Japan--Photographs; Couples--Art--Photographs; Screens--Art--Photographs; Art; Ukiyoe
Keywords Oban
Description Photograph of block print: "Couple by a Standing Screen", by Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1753-1806), vertical ôban (approximate size, may vary) 37.2 x 26 cm (14 5/8 x 10 1/4 in.) circa 1797
Caption on Slide "Couple by a Standing Screen", by Kitagawa Utamaro (Japanese, c. 1753-1806), circa 1797.
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. Note: Similar image can be found in Utamaro by Sadao Kikuchi, translated by Myra Fraser and Masaaki Tanaka, page 42. Note: "Kitagawa Utamaro (ca. 1753 - October 31, 1806) was a Japanese printmaker and painter, who is considered one of the greatest artists of woodblock prints (ukiyo-e). His name was romanized archaically as Outamaro. He is known especially for his masterfully composed studies of women, known as bijinga. He also produced nature studies, particularly illustrated books of insects."--Wikipedia. Note: "Ōban: a print size [approximately] 10 x 15 inches (25 x 38 cm)."-Masterworks of Ukiyo-e…by Muneshige Narazaki, English translation by John Bester, page 21.
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/s63j3wzd
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 340549
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s63j3wzd
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