Block printing: Torii Kiyonaga [011]

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Title Block printing: Torii Kiyonaga [011]
Photo Number Box 62, Special Lecture Japanese Prints, 48
Description Photograph of a block print, Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752-1815)
Creator Tierney, Lennox
Date 1973
Subject Torii, Kiyonaga, 1752-1815--Photographs; Block printing--Japan--Photographs; Ukiyoe--Japan--Photographs; Women--Art--Photographs; Children--Art--Photographs; Clothing and dress--Art--Photographs; Painted fans--Art--Photographs; Art; Ukiyoe; Clothing and dress
Keywords Bijinga
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 Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752-1815).
Additional Information Image was scanned from color slide. 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 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.
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ARK ark:/87278/s6z03s4n
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 340736
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6z03s4n
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