Ukiyo-e Educational Catalog · Record 94413

Kabuki - Otani Oniji

Artist / 作者
Toshusai Sharaku東洲斎写楽
Date / 年代
1950
Medium / 技法
浮世絵 / Ukiyo-e / Showa / artelino
Digital record / 画像記録
835 × 1200 px
Source collection / 所蔵元
Artelino
Published by / 公開者
小春ユイ
Rights / 権利
All rights reserved / commercial reuse prohibited
Attribution / 表記
Artelino

Catalog note / 解説

This image shows the kabuki character Oniji. Typical for Sharaku's actor portraits is the exaggerated, near to caricature expressiveness. Sharaku is one of the greatest misteries of art history. He popped out of nowhere, created some 140 designs, mostly bust portraits of kabuki actors, and then disappeared from the scene. Numerous theories have been developed and countless books were written trying to give an answer to one of the biggest enigmas in art history.

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