Album, Woodblock Prints
Dublin Core
Title
Album, Woodblock Prints
Subject
Ethnology
Communication Objects
Arts
Description
Album bound in heavy brown paper with a wooden spine. The binding exhibits a star-motif.
The album holds 48 pages of woodblock prints. Most of the prints are attributed to one of the late great print masters of the Edo period (1603-1868), Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861), Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865), and Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858).
Each of the pages features eight to twelve colors, which indicates the carving of at least eight to twelve woodblocks for each color.
The album was likely intended for an American audience as there are no shunga and the prints are from various series. The binding also points to it possibly being American, as Japanese bound albums are usually sewn or are in an accordion format.
The album holds 48 pages of woodblock prints. Most of the prints are attributed to one of the late great print masters of the Edo period (1603-1868), Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1798-1861), Utagawa Kunisada (1786-1865), and Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858).
Each of the pages features eight to twelve colors, which indicates the carving of at least eight to twelve woodblocks for each color.
The album was likely intended for an American audience as there are no shunga and the prints are from various series. The binding also points to it possibly being American, as Japanese bound albums are usually sewn or are in an accordion format.
Creator
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Utagawa Kunisada
Utagawa Hiroshige
Utagawa Kunisada
Utagawa Hiroshige
Identifier
0058-0001-0002
Date Created
19th Century
Medium
Paper
Still Image Item Type Metadata
Continent
Asia
Country
Japan
Donor
J.C. McWilliams
Files
Collection
Citation
Utagawa Kuniyoshi
Utagawa Kunisada
Utagawa Hiroshige, “Album, Woodblock Prints,” University of Arkansas Museum, accessed April 27, 2024, https://uamuseum.omeka.net/items/show/76510.