Ichikawa Omezō as Tomita Hyōtarō and Ōtani Oniji III as Ukiyo Tohei
1794–95
Medium
Woodblock print; ink and color on paper; white mica ground
Dimensions
14 3/5 x 9 3/4 in. (37.1 x 24.8 cm) Oban
Classification
Prints
Culture & Period
Japan · Edo period (1615–1868)
Department
Asian Art
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1946
Accession Number
JP3017
Tags
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...