Tōshūsai Sharaku

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Actor Prints of Sharaku
Actor Prints of Sharaku
by Tōshūsai Sharaku
Edo Japan · Tōshūsai Sharaku · 1794–1795
Kabuki actors caught mid-gesture, their exaggerated faces rendered in crisp black outline against mica backgrounds. Sharaku worked for ten months and then vanished.
Otani Tokuji I as the Retainer Sodesuke in
Otani Tokuji I as the Retainer Sodesuke in "Flowering Irises: A Soga Vendetta of the Bunroku Era"
by Tōshūsai Sharaku
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · 1794 · color woodblock print
Ichikawa Ebizō IV (Danjurō) as Takemura Sadanoshin in The Loving Wife's Parti-Colored Reins
Ichikawa Ebizō IV (Danjurō) as Takemura Sadanoshin in The Loving Wife's Parti-Colored Reins
by Tōshūsai Sharaku
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · 1794 · color woodblock print
Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Gorobei, the Fish Seller from Sanya
Matsumoto Koshiro IV as Gorobei, the Fish Seller from Sanya
by Tōshūsai Sharaku
Japan, Edo period (1615–1868) · 1794 · color woodblock print