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- His portraits of kabuki actors allow the viewer an exceptionally intimate understanding of the subject’s character. Yet, during his lifetime, his style proved controversial. It was not until the beginning of the 20th century that Sharaku's prints were rediscovered and earned him the exceptional reputation he holds today.
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Sep 9, 2023 · Sharaku’s portrait of Komazo is one of several printed on a ground of thick, dark silver mica, a precious material reserved for a select few artists. Over his ten-month period working with Tsutaya, Sharaku produced about 140 prints, including 28 actor portraits, each astonishingly bold.
Sharaku made mostly yakusha-e portraits of kabuki actors. His compositions emphasize poses of dynamism and energy, and display a realism unusual for prints of the time—contemporaries such as Utamaro represented their subjects with an idealized beauty, while Sharaku did not shy from showing unflattering details.
Sep 4, 2024 · Katz notes that many of Sharaku’s works are “kind of caricatures — the artist overemphasized the subjects’ facial expression, highlighting the appeal of the Kabuki theater.”. Yet, while ...
Apr 28, 2001 · Regarded as an exceptional portrait artist, Sharaku holds a prominent place in art history. Some scholars have likened his prowess as a portraitist to the caliber of Rembrandt or Velasquez. Original woodblock prints by Sharaku are exceedingly rare and typically beyond the reach of an average ukiyo-e collector.
Oct 5, 2023 · Toshusai Sharaku was an Ukiyo-e artist active in the mid-Edo period, focusing on “Yakusha-e” (portraits of actors). His boldly deformed “Yakusha-e” caused controversy in the Ukiyo-e world. Sharaku produced 145 Ukiyo-e works in an active period of about 10 months.
Sharaku was not a very popular artist; only after his work became highly regarded by Westerners was he fully recognized by the Japanese. He used a mica ground with black sheen for his portraits until the practice was prohibited by the government.
His mica-ground portraits served as images of a confluent physical and emotional reality to far greater degree than did the actor portraits of earlier ukiyo-e artists. Sharaku's Onnagata. Arguably the most extraordinary portraits by Sharaku are those of fleshy, middle-aged actors performing the roles of young women.
