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Tōshūsai Sharaku

Actor Matsumoto Kōshirō IV as the fishmonger Gorōbei from San'ya, 1794

Description

Maker

Tsutaya Jūzaburō, 1750 - 1797, Japanese, publisher
Tōshūsai Sharaku, fl. 1794-1795, Japanese

Title

Actor Matsumoto Kōshirō IV as the fishmonger Gorōbei from San'ya

Year

1794

Medium

Polychrome wood block print with dark-silver mica ground

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

wood block,
woodcut

Supports

paper

Dimensions

Vertical ōban: 36.5 x 24.1 cm (14 3/8 x 9 1/2 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed: Toshusai Sharaku ga
Publisher's seal

Place

Japan

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1132

Exhibition History

Process and Function

January 19 - May 27, 2007

Not only is this print an example of full polychrome woodblock printing, but its intense mica ground, first used by Sharaku for his innovative portraits of actors in close-up views, is a technical accomplishment that exemplifies the Japanese woodblock artist's continual search for new methods and techniques.

Courtesans and Actors

September 20 - December 8, 1996

Kabuki Actor Prints from the Late Eighteenth Century

September 14 - November 4, 1990

On Stage

May 13 - September 4, 1988

Japanese Prints of the Kabuki

September 5 - November 23, 1986

Use

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