Nakajima Wadaemon and Nakamura Konozō as Bōdara no Chōzaemon and Kanagawaya no Gon in the Play "Katakiuchi noriyaibanashi"
at British Museum
Sharaku
Japanese?–1801
About
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.
Notable works
Iwai Hanshirō IV as the wet nurse Shigenoi
at British Museum
Sawamura Sojuro III as Ogishi Kurando
at Honolulu Museum of Art
Matsumoto Yonesaburo as Shosho at Kihaizaka
at Honolulu Museum of Art
Ichikawa Yaozo III as Tanabe Bunzo
at Honolulu Museum of Art
Yamashita Kinsaku II as Iwate Gozen
at British Museum
Daidōzan Bungorō no dohyō-iri (right)
at Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Daidōzan Bungorō no dohyō-iri (middle)
at Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Daidōzan Bungorō no dohyō-iri (left)
at Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Osagawa Tsuneyo II, possibly in the rôle of Ippei's sister Osan
at Harvard Art Museums
Works in the collection
16 works
Nakajima Wadaemon and Nakamura Konozō as Bōdara no Chōzaemon and Kanagawaya no Gon in the Play "Katakiuchi noriyaibanashi"
at British Museum
Iwai Hanshirō IV as the wet nurse Shigenoi
at British Museum
Sawamura Sojuro III as Ogishi Kurando
at Honolulu Museum of Art
Matsumoto Yonesaburo as Shosho at Kihaizaka
at Honolulu Museum of Art
Ichikawa Yaozo III as Tanabe Bunzo
at Honolulu Museum of Art
Yamashita Kinsaku II as Iwate Gozen
at British Museum
Daidōzan Bungorō no dohyō-iri (right)
at Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Daidōzan Bungorō no dohyō-iri (middle)
at Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Daidōzan Bungorō no dohyō-iri (left)
at Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
Osagawa Tsuneyo II, possibly in the rôle of Ippei's sister Osan
at Harvard Art Museums
More by Sharaku in institutions
Honolulu Museum of Art
Honolulu, United States
Harvard Art Museums
Cambridge, United States
British Museum
London Borough of Camden, United Kingdom
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
San Francisco, United States
Toledo Museum of Art
Toledo, United States
