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Sharaku

Tōshūsai Sharaku (東洲斎 写楽; .mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-parser-output .references .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .infobox .IPA-label-small,.mw-parser-output .navbox .IPA-label-small{font-size:100%}Japanese pronunciation: [toː.ɕɯꜜː.sai | ɕaꜜ.ɾa.kɯ], fl. 1794–1795) was a Japanese ukiyo-e print designer, known for his portraits of…

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related to Second period · 28
Sharaku → Ichikawa Komazō III, Ichikawa Omezō, Kameya Chūbei, Kansei, Katsuragawa Tsuki, Kawarazaki-za, Kawashima Jibugorō, Keisei Sanbon Karasaka, Kiri-za, Mayu Koi, Miyako-za, Monaka, Nakayama Tomisaburō, Nihon Matsu Michinoku Sodachi, Nishiki Kokyō, Of, Omoide, Oniji II, Sharaku's, Shinozuka Uraeimon
related to Third period · 21
Sharaku → By, From, Hana, Hatsune, Ichikawa Monnosuke II, Irodoki, Iroginu, Ishizue, Kagurazuki Iwai, Kansei, Kawarazaki-za, Kiri-za, Matsuhamisa Onna Kusunoki, Miyako Kuruwa, Miyako-za, Most, Nawabari, Oshukubai Koi, Otokoyama Oedo, Sharaku's
related to Identity · 14
Sharaku → Biographers, Katayama Sharaku, Nara, Nichōsai, No, Of, Osaka, Osaka-area, Osaka-based, Ryūkōsai, Sharaku's, Shinto, The, Ukiyo-e
related to Reception and legacy · 8
Sharaku → An, Contemporaries, Ernest Fenollosa, More, Sharaku's, The Edo, Utamaro, Utamaro's
related to Style and analysis · 7
Sharaku → David Bell, Energy, In, Katsukawa Shun'ei, Occasionally, Sharaku's, To Muneshige Narazaki
related to Works · 6
Sharaku → Over, Sharaku's, The, They, Two, Tōshūsai Sharaku
related to External links · 4
Sharaku → Art, JPN-MIYABIImage, Toshusai Sharaku OnlineMetropolitan Museum, Ukiyo-e

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prints sharaku's ukiyo-e kabuki portraits work actor actors period 1794 works first miyako-za print month known hokusai art 1795 mica

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Utamaro represented their subjects with an idealized beautyinstance ofcontemporaries0.80text
while Sharaku did not shy from showing unflattering detailsinstance ofcontemporaries0.80text
the Kansei Reforms intended to strengthen the feudalistic shogunal systeminstance ofwhen the nation faced hard economic times that the military government responded to with reactionary policies0.80text
large noses or the wrinkles of aging actors.In his actor prints Sharaku usually depicts a single figure with a focus on facial expressioninstance ofSharaku highlights unflattering features0.80text
Katsukawa Shun'eiinstance ofIn contrast to the static actor prints of a contemporary artist0.80text
who emphasized the narrative moment of his subjects in the plays depictedinstance ofIn contrast to the static actor prints of a contemporary artist0.80text
Sharaku focused on the actor'sinstance ofIn contrast to the static actor prints of a contemporary artist0.80text
character's psychologyinstance ofIn contrast to the static actor prints of a contemporary artist0.80text
delivering aninstance ofIn contrast to the static actor prints of a contemporary artist0.80text
the dusting of mica in the backgroundsinstance ofwith unusually realistic portrayals of their subjects and using extravagant techniques0.80text
Utamaro who also worked in a relatively realistic style presented their subjects in a positiveinstance ofmost for which only a single copy remains come from the later periods.Contemporaries0.80text
beautifying wayinstance ofmost for which only a single copy remains come from the later periods.Contemporaries0.80text

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