Block printing: Torii Kiyonaga [009]

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Title Block printing: Torii Kiyonaga [009]
Collection Name and Number P0479 Lennox and Catherine Tierney Photo Collection
Photo Number Box 24, Japan, Block Printing, Kiyonaga, 8
Publisher Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
Date 1949
Subject Torii, Kiyonaga, 1752-1815--Photographs; Block printing--Japan--Photographs; Ukiyoe--Japan--Photographs; Women--Art--Photographs; Clothing and dress--Art--Photographs; Art; Ukiyoe; Clothing and dress
Keywords Bijinga; Oban
Description Photograph of a block print: possibly known as "A Scene of the Southern Station", (from the series Contest of Contemporary Beauties of the Pleasure Quarters (Tôsei yûri bijin awase) circa 1783), by Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752-1815), vertical ôban, (approximate size, may vary) 39.4 x 26.3 cm (15 1/2 x 10 3/8 in.)
Caption on Slide Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese, 1752-1815), circa 1780s, Japan. Hand-colored.
Additional Information Image was scanned from 1949 slide. Hand-colored, image flipped/reversed. Note: Similar image can be found on Museum of Fine Arts, Boston website: http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/a-scene-of-the-southern-station-minami-eki-no-kei-from-the-series-contest-of-contemporary-beauties-of-the-pleasure-quarters-t-sei-y-ri-bijin-awase-233320 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: "Ōban: a print size [approximately] 10 x 15 inches (25 x 38 cm)."--Masterworks of Ukiyo-e: Kiyonaga by Muneshige Narazaki, English translation by John Bester, page 21. Note: Original caption information provided as: "c. 1780's Hand Colored Slide 1777"
Type Image
Creator Tierney, Lennox
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ARK ark:/87278/s6sb4nk3
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 330768
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6sb4nk3