東洲斎写楽画 「市川鰕蔵」竹村定之進 『恋女房染分手綱』|Ichikawa Ebizō IV as Takemura Sadanojō in the Play Koinyōbō Somewake Tazuna
1794
Medium
Woodblock print; ink, color, white mica on paper
Dimensions
14 7/16 x 9 1/3 in. (36.7 x 23.7 cm)
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Howard Mansfield Collection, Purchase, Rogers Fund, 1936
Accession Number
JP2650
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About the Artist
Tōshūsai Sharaku · 1794–1795
Tōshūsai Sharaku stands as one of the most enigmatic figures in Japanese art history, a ukiyo-e printmaker whose brilliant career blazed for just ten months from the summer of 1794 to early spring 1795. Active exclusively in Edo (modern Tokyo), he produced approximately 150 woodblock prints and sketches, primarily yakusha-e—intimate portraits of kabuki actors captured mid-performance. Published by...