Image

Tōshūsai Sharaku

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

Description

Maker

Tōshūsai Sharaku (Japanese)
Tsutaya Jūzaburō 蔦屋重三郎 (Japanese, 1750 - 1797), publisher

Title

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

Period

Edo Period

Year

1794

Medium

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

Materials

mica (mineral), ink and color

Supports

Geography

Place Made: Japan

Dimensions

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

Signature / Inscription / Marks

Signature: Signed: Toshusai Sharaku ga
Publisher's seal

Seals: Censor's seal:Kiwame

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke

Object Number

20.1132

Type

Projects & Publications

Publications

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Process and Function
Traditional Japanese Printmaking Technique
Jan 19, 2007 – May 27, 2007

Label copy

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
Popular Culture in Edo Period Japan
Sep 20, 1996 – Dec 08, 1996
Kabuki Actor Prints from the Late Eighteenth Century
Sep 14, 1990 – Nov 04, 1990
On Stage
Japanese Theater Prints
May 13, 1988 – Sep 04, 1988
Japanese Prints of the Kabuki
Sep 05, 1986 – Nov 23, 1986

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Tombstone

Tōshūsai Sharaku (Japanese)
Tsutaya Jūzaburō 蔦屋重三郎 (Japanese, 1750 - 1797), publisher
Actor Matsumoto Kōshirō IV as the fishmonger Gorōbei from San'ya, 1794
Polychrome wood block print with dark-silver mica ground
Vertical ōban: 36.5 x 24.1 cm (14 3/8 x 9 1/2 inches)
Gift of Mrs. Gustav Radeke 20.1132

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