Tōshūsai Sharaku · 1794
Ōtani Oniji III as Yakko Edobei
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Sharaku's most-reproduced kabuki actor portrait — a dramatic glare with hands splayed, made in his ten-month career. MFA Boston.
Up to 23 × 36 in · portrait
Size
Larger sizes are unavailable for this painting because the source scan's resolution wouldn't print at gallery quality.
Format & finish
Archival cotton canvas stretched over a wooden frame. Ready to hang as-is. No external frame.
Scale next to a 5'10" person
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The story of Ōtani Oniji III as Yakko Edobei
Tōshūsai Sharaku was a Japanese ukiyo-e print designer, known for his portraits of kabuki actors. Neither his true name nor the dates of his birth or death are known. His active career as a woodblock artist spanned ten months; his prolific work met disapproval and his output came to an end as suddenly and mysteriously as it had begun. His work has come to be considered some of the greatest in the ukiyo-e genre.
Adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tōshūsai Sharaku
Tōshūsai Sharaku was a Japanese ukiyo-e print designer, known for his portraits of kabuki actors. Neither his true name nor the dates of his birth or death are known. His active career as a woodblock artist spanned ten months; his prolific work met disapproval and his output came to an end as suddenly and mysteriously as it had begun. His work has come to be considered some of the greatest in the ukiyo-e genre.
All Tōshūsai Sharaku prints →Biography adapted from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
