Sharaku (fl.1794 - 1795 )

Sharaku Toshusai was a pivotal and enigmatic ukiyo-e master of the late 18th century. Very little is known about Sharaku’s life aside from the fact that he worked in Edo in the 1890s. While theories abound - from a noh actor visiting Edo from Osaka to a pseudonym for a poet or even another ukiyo-e artist - his identity remains mysterious. Between May 1794 and February 1795, Sharaku produced around 140 known designs, primarily depicting stars of the kabuki stage, as well as some sumo imagery. Though brief, his ten-month career marked a significant shift within the actor print genre (yakusha-e). Known as “likeness pictures (nigao-e)”, Sharaku’s prints moved away from idealized representations to increasingly individualized portraiture. As he incorporated the distinctive physiognomy of beloved actors with strikingly expressive portraiture, Sharaku invited the viewer to consider not just the role or play, but the actor in his own right. Sharaku’s work was radical and proved controversial among audiences of his time. A renewed international interest in ukiyo-e at the turn of the 20th century sparked a reevaluation of Sharaku’s woodblock prints and earned him the exceptional reputation he holds today. Together with Utamaro Kitagawa, the 18th-century master of bijin-ga (pictures of beautiful women), Sharaku is often credited with the introduction of psychological portraiture to ukiyo-e.

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  • Aikawa, Minwa (aka Gosentei)
  • Aikins, Suezan
  • Akiyama, Iwao
  • Amano, Kunihiro
  • Aoyama, Masaharu
  • Araki, Shinko
  • Araki, Tetsuo
  • Arichi, Yoshito
  • Asada, Benji
  • Asano,Takeji
  • Ashikaga, Shizuo
  • Ashiyuki
  • Ayaoka, Yushin
  • Azechi, Umetaro
  • Azumaya, Takemi
  • Bairei
  • Bakufu
  • Baldridge, Cyrus LeRoy
  • Bannai, Kokan
  • Bartlett, Charles
  • Beato, Felice
  • Beisaku
  • Biho
  • Bonnard, Pierre
  • Brayer, Sarah
  • Brown, Everett
  • Buncho
  • Bunro
  • Cassatt, Mary
  • Chen, Long
  • Chikanobu
  • Chikashige
  • Chikayoshi
  • Chikuseki
  • Choki
  • Dai, Bin
  • Degas, Edgar
  • Eiri
  • Eisen
  • Eishi
  • Eisho
  • Eizan
  • Fang, Limin
  • Foujita, Tsuguharu
  • Fujikawa, Tamenobu
  • Fujita, Fumio
  • Fukami, Gashu
  • Fukase, Masahisa
  • Fukita, Fumiaki
  • Fukuda, Heihachiro
  • Funasaka, Yoshisuke
  • Fusatane
  • Gakutei
  • Gakyo
  • Gekko
  • Gift Certificate
  • Ginko
  • Goto, Michiyoshi
  • Goyo
  • Gu, Zhijun
  • Gyozan
  • Hack, Vincent
  • Hagiwara, Hideo
  • Hagiwara, Tsuneyoshi
  • Hanafusa, Hideki
  • Hao, Boyi
  • Hao, Ping
  • Hara, Katsuro
  • Hara, Takeshi
  • Harunobu
  • Hasegawa, Konobu
  • Hasegawa, Kannosuke (Chikuyo)
  • Hashimoto, Okiie
  • Hashimoto, Ryoka
  • Hasui
  • Hidematsu
  • Hidenari
  • Hirano, Hakuho
  • Hiratsuka, Unichi
  • Hiratsuka, Yuji
  • Hirokage
  • Hironaga, Takehiko
  • Hironobu
  • Hirosada
  • Hiroshige
  • Hiroshige & Toyokuni III
  • Hiroshige II
  • Hiroshige III
  • Hoitsu
  • Hokkei
  • Hokuba
  • Hokuei
  • Hokuga
  • Hokusai
  • Hokushu
  • Hokutai
  • Horie, Ryoichi
  • Horiyoshi III
  • Hoshi, Joichi
  • Hosoe, Eikoh
  • Hoson
  • Howard, Daryl
  • Hyde, Helen
  • Ide, Gakusui
  • Ideguchi, Yuki
  • Ido, Masao
  • Iizuka, Kunio
  • Ikai, Tadashi
  • Ikeda, Terukata
  • Ikeda, Zuigetsu
  • Ikegami, Isao
  • Ikkei
  • Ikuhide
  • Imaizumi, Tadayoshi
  • Inagaki, Tomoo
  • Inagaki, Toshijiro
  • Inoue, Kozo
  • Inuzuka, Taisui
  • Ishii, Toru
  • Ishimoto, Yasuhiro
  • Ishiwata, Koitsu
  • Ito, Nisaburo
  • Ito, Takashi
  • Ito, Wako
  • Ito, Yuhan
  • Iwami, Reika
  • Iwasawa, Asako
  • Jacoulet, Paul
  • Kaburagi, Kiyokata
  • Kajita, Hanko
  • Kajiwara, Hisako
  • Kamei, Tobei (Genbei)
  • Kamoshita, Tomomi
  • Kanamori, Yoshio
  • Kaneko, Kunio
  • Kanpo
  • Karhu, Clifton
  • Katsuda, Yukio
  • Katsushika, Isai
  • Kawada, Kan
  • Kawada, Kikuji
  • Kawanishi, Hide
  • Kawano, Kaoru
  • Kawarazaki, Shodo
  • Kawase, Yoshihito
  • Keibun
  • Keinen
  • Keith, Elizabeth
  • Kelly, Daniel
  • Kidokoro, Sho
  • Kikuchi, Yosai
  • Kimura, Yoshiharu
  • Kinoshita, Tomio
  • Kitaoka, Fumio
  • Kiyochika
  • Kiyohara, Hitoshi
  • Kiyomitsu
  • Kiyomoto II
  • Kiyonaga
  • Kiyonobu II
  • Kiyoshi
  • Kiyotada IV
  • Kiyotsune
  • Kobashi,Yasuhide
  • Kobori, Tomoto
  • Koei
  • Kogyo
  • Koitsu
  • Kokei
  • Kokunimasa (aka Kunimasa V)
  • Konishi, Seiichiro
  • Korn, Marian
  • Koryusai
  • Koson
  • Kotondo
  • Kotozuka, Eiichi
  • Koun
  • Koyama, Avito
  • Kozaki, Kan
  • Kuniaki II
  • Kunichika
  • Kunihiro
  • Kunihisa II
  • Kunimori II
  • Kuninao
  • Kunisada
  • Kunisada II (aka Kunimasa III, Toyokuni IV)
  • Kunisada III
  • Kuniteru
  • Kunitoshi
  • Kuniyasu
  • Kuniyoshi
  • Kuroda, Shigeki
  • Kuroki, Sadao
  • Kusaka, Kenji
  • Kusakabe, Kimbei
  • Kusama, Yayoi
  • Kuzuhara, Teru
  • Kyosai
  • Li, Yansong
  • Li, Yitai
  • Lin, Dunxi
  • Ling, Junwu
  • Lippens, Josée
  • Liu, Chunhai
  • Lu, Chengqing
  • Lu, Ping
  • Lu, Zhiping
  • Lum, Bertha
  • Ma, Li
  • Mabuchi, Toru
  • Maeda, Morikazu
  • Maekawa, Senpan
  • Magers, Michael
  • Maki, Haku
  • Manet, Edouard
  • Masanobu
  • Masatsugu
  • Masayoshi
  • Masuda, Sebastian
  • Matsubara, Naoko
  • Mifune, Tsunade
  • Miki, Suizan
  • Miller, Lilian
  • Mimura, Seizan
  • Minagawa, Taizo
  • Minami, Masahiko
  • Mishima, Shoso
  • Miyagawa, Shuntei
  • Miyamoto, Shufu
  • Miyashita, Tokio
  • Mizufune, Rokushu
  • Mori, Shuncho
  • Mori, Shunkei
  • Mori, Yoshitoshi
  • Morigo, Nao
  • Morikane
  • Morikuni
  • Moriyama, Daido
  • Moronobu
  • Munakata, Shiko
  • Munehiro
  • Murai, Masanari
  • Murakami, Gyojin
  • Murakami, Sadao
  • Murakami, Takashi
  • Nagai, Kiyoshi (Hiroyuki Tajima)
  • Nagano, Shigeichi
  • Naito, Tadayuki
  • Naito, Yachiyo
  • Nakao, Yoshitaka
  • Nakayama, Shuko
  • Nakayama, Tadashi
  • Namiki, Hajime
  • Natori, Shunsen
  • Ng, Cindy Sio Leng
  • Nishida, Tadashige
  • Nishigaki, Hayaki
  • Nishijima, Katsuyuki
  • Nishikawa, Yoichiro
  • Nishimoto, Yuki
  • Nishimura, Hodo
  • Nobukazu
  • Norikane, Hiroto
  • Oda, Kazuma
  • Ogawa, Koichi
  • Ohashi, Shigeyuki
  • Ohba, Masao
  • Ohtsu, Kazuyuki
  • Oi, Motoi
  • Okada, Koichi
  • Okamoto, Ryusei (AKA Yoshimi)
  • Okamoto, Kazuko
  • Okamoto, Shogo
  • Okumura, Genroku
  • Okumura, Toshinobu
  • Okumura, Koichi
  • Okuyama, Gihachiro
  • Okuyama, Gijin
  • Onchi, Koshiro
  • Onda, Akio
  • Ono, Tadashige
  • Osanai, Toshikage
  • Osugi, Shoji
  • Ouchi, Makoto
  • Pissarro, Camille
  • Rakusan (Rakuzan)
  • Rei, Yuki
  • Ridley, Matthew White
  • Rinsai
  • Rome, Joshua
  • Ronin Gallery Catalogue & Poster
  • Sadafusa
  • Sadahide
  • Sadahiro
  • Sadanobu
  • Sadanobu III
  • Saigetsu
  • Saito, Kiyoshi
  • Sakai, Doitsu
  • Sakamoto, Isamu
  • Sakamoto, Koichi
  • Sanmonji, Kazuhiko
  • Sano, Seiji
  • Sarashina, Syu (Shu)
  • Sasajima, Kihei
  • Sato, Morihiro
  • Sato, Nobuo
  • Sato, Tokihiro
  • Sawada, Tetsuro
  • Seiko
  • Seiler, Willy
  • Watanabe, Seitei
  • Sekino, Jun'ichiro
  • Settei
  • Shan, Dan
  • Sharaku
  • Shi, Yi
  • Shi, Ji-hong
  • Shibata, Toshio
  • Shigeharu
  • Shigemasa
  • Shigenaga
  • Shigenobu
  • Shima, Tamami
  • Shimazaki, Ryuu
  • Shimizu, Seifu
  • Shimotakahara, Nobuteru
  • Shin'ei
  • Shinagawa, Ryo
  • Shinoda, Toko
  • Shinohara, Noriko
  • Shinohara, Ushio
  • Shinsai
  • Shinsui
  • Shiro
  • Shitanda, Zen
  • Shoson
  • Shotei (aka Hiroaki)
  • Shoun
  • Shuho
  • Shuncho
  • Shundo
  • Shunei
  • Shunjo
  • Shunko
  • Shunman
  • Shunsen
  • Shunsho
  • Shuntei
  • Sonsai
  • Sori III
  • Chigusa, Soun
  • Sozan
  • Suda, Issei
  • Sudo, Masato
  • Sugakudo
  • Sugiura, Kazutoshi
  • Sukenobu
  • Suzuki, Eizin
  • Suzuki, Kinsen
  • Suzuki, Kason
  • Tadakiyo
  • Tadamasa
  • Taito II
  • Tajima, Hiroyuki
  • Takagi, Shiro
  • Takahashi, Hiromitsu
  • Takahashi, Shinichi
  • Takahashi, Ushio
  • Takahashi, Rikio
  • Takane, Koko
  • Takeda, Hideo
  • Takehisa, Yumeji
  • Takeshita, Kin-u
  • Takeuchi, Keishu
  • Tamai, Cyoko
  • Tamamura, Kozaburo
  • Tamikuni
  • Tamimasa
  • Tanaka, Masaaki
  • Tanaka, Ryohei
  • Tanigami, Konan
  • Taniguchi, Kokyo
  • Tatsumi
  • Teisai, Shuri
  • Teisai, Sencho
  • Terasaki, Kogyo
  • Tissot, James
  • Tokuriki, Tomikichiro
  • Tomihari, Hiroshi
  • Tomioka, Eisen
  • Tomita, Fumio
  • Toneyama, Kojin
  • Toshiaki
  • Toshihide
  • Toshikage
  • Toshikata
  • Toshimasa
  • Toshimine
  • Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri de
  • Toyohiro
  • Toyokiyo
  • Toyokuni I
  • Toyokuni II (Toyoshige)
  • Toyokuni III
  • Toyonari
  • Toyonobu
  • Tsukimaro
  • Tsurusawa, Kieko
  • Tsurutani, Noboru
  • Ueda, Fujo
  • Ueda, Yoshihiko
  • Uehara, Konen
  • Ui, Machiko
  • Ukiyo-e Project (Publisher)
  • Umeno, Takako
  • Unno, Mitsuhiro
  • Unsigned / Unknown Artist
  • Urushibara, Mokuchu
  • Ushiku, Kenji
  • Utamaro
  • Utamaro II
  • Van Otterloo, Chris
  • Vuillard, Edouard
  • Wada, Sanzo
  • Wang, Weiqi
  • Watabe, Masaya
  • Watanabe, Sadao
  • Whistler, James McNeil
  • Williams, Brian
  • Wu, Yin
  • Wu, Zuoren
  • Xu, Ming
  • Yamagishi, Kazue
  • Yamaguchi, Susumu
  • Yamaguchi, Keisuke (OZ)
  • Yamanaka, Kodo
  • Yamao, Akio
  • Yamazaki, Hiroshi
  • Yang, Yongsheng
  • Yasuda, Shodo
  • Yayanagi, Go
  • Yeh, Fang
  • Yeh, Lan
  • Yoshida, Fujio
  • Yoshida, Tsukasa
  • Yoshida, Chizuko
  • Yoshida, Hiroshi
  • Yoshida, Hodaka
  • Yoshida, Masaji
  • Yoshida, Toshi
  • Yoshifuji
  • Yoshifusa
  • Yoshihara, Hideo
  • Yoshihiro
  • Yoshiiku
  • Yoshikage II
  • Yoshikata
  • Yoshikazu
  • Yoshikuni
  • Yoshimitsu
  • Yoshimori
  • Yoshitaki
  • Yoshitora
  • Yoshitoshi
  • Yoshitoyo
  • Yoshitsuna
  • Yoshitsuya
  • Yoshitsuya II
  • Yoshiume
  • Yu, Chengyou
  • Yuasa, Hiroshi
  • Yuasa, Katsutoshi
  • Yukawa, Shodo
  • Zeshin
  • Zhang, Yuanfeng

Subject

  • Actors & Theater
  • Portraits

Period

  • 1600 - 1800 (Early Edo)
  • 1912 - 1945 (Taisho & Early Showa)
  • 1945 - 1989 (Showa & Postwar Period)

Medium

  • Woodblock Print

Size

  • Medium (ie. Oban)

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Kabuki Actors Bando Zenji and Sawamura Yodogoro [Reproduction]

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Kabuki Actors Bando Zenji and Sawamura Yodogoro [Reproduction]

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Kabuki Actor Osagawa Tsuneyo II as Osan

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Kabuki Actor Osagawa Tsuneyo II as Osan

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Actor Otani Oniji III as the Manservant Edohei (Woodblock Reproduction)

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Actor Otani Oniji III as the Manservant Edohei (Woodblock Reproduction)

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Ichikawa Omezo as Ippei the Manservant [Woodblock Reproduction]

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Ichikawa Omezo as Ippei the Manservant [Woodblock Reproduction]

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Actor Osagawa Tsuneyo II as Ippei's Older Sister Osan

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Actor Osagawa Tsuneyo II as Ippei's Older Sister Osan

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Actor Otani Tokuji as the Footman (Yakko) Sodesuke

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Actor Otani Tokuji as the Footman (Yakko) Sodesuke

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Actor Ichikawa Ebizo as Takemura Sadanoshin (Woodblock Reproduction)

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Actor Ichikawa Ebizo as Takemura Sadanoshin (Woodblock Reproduction)

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