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Tōshūsai Sharaku

Actor Segawa Kikunojō III as Oshizu, wife of Tanabe Bunzō, 1794

Description

Maker

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

Title

Actor Segawa Kikunojō III as Oshizu, wife of Tanabe Bunzō

Year

1794

Medium

Polychrome woodblock print with silver mica ground

Materials/Techniques

Materials

Techniques

wood block,
woodcut

Supports

paper

Dimensions

Vertical ōban: 37 x 23.3 cm (14 9/16 x 9 3/16 inches)

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signed: Toshusai Sharaku ga
Publisher's seal

Place

Japan; Tokyo

Type

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1131

Exhibition History

Edo Theater

January 18 - May 18, 2008

The work of the printmaker who signed himself Sharaku dates to a very short period of ten months in the years 1794-95. His actor portraits are exceptional because of their innovative style. By creating a bust-length image of the subject, he focused on the facial expression and physiognomic details of the actor portrayed in a way never before done. This portrait is for the play Hana ayame Bunroku Soga, which was performed at the Miyako Theater in the fifth lunar month of 1794.

Use

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