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One of the most famous and oft-cited segments of the book describes the career of the mysterious artist [[Sharaku]]. The text asserts that, in the attempt to capture the true character of [[kabuki]] actors, Sharaku portrayed them "not as they really appear", in grotesque ways not in accordance with standard modes, and cites this as the key reason that his career was so short.
One of the most famous and oft-cited segments of the book describes the career of the mysterious artist [[Sharaku]]. The text asserts that, in the attempt to capture the true character of [[kabuki]] actors, Sharaku portrayed them "not as they really appear", in grotesque ways not in accordance with standard modes, and cites this as the key reason that his career was so short.
A later addition by Saitô Gesshin is the earliest assertion that Sharaku was actually a [[Noh]] actor from [[Awa province]] by the name of Saitô Jûrôbei.
The original text is no longer extant, and seems to have come into being around 1789, when [[Ota Shokusanjin|Ôta Shokusanjin]]<!-- 大田蜀山人 (1749-1823)--> played a role in editing or compiling it. Sasaya Kuninori added a description of ukiyo-e lineages in 1800, entitled ''Yamato ukiyo-e no shikei'' (大和浮世絵の始系), and Ôta Nanpo made further edits in 1802.
The original text is no longer extant, and seems to have come into being around 1789, when [[Ota Shokusanjin|Ôta Shokusanjin]]<!-- 大田蜀山人 (1749-1823)--> played a role in editing or compiling it. Sasaya Kuninori added a description of ukiyo-e lineages in 1800, entitled ''Yamato ukiyo-e no shikei'' (大和浮世絵の始系), and Ôta Nanpo made further edits in 1802.
==References==
==References==
*Tanaka, Hidemichi. "Sharaku is Hokusai: On Warrior Prints and Shunro's (Hokusai's) Actor Prints." ''Artibus et Historiae'' 20:39 (1999). pp183-184.
*Tanaka, Hidemichi. "Sharaku is Hokusai: On Warrior Prints and Shunro's (Hokusai's) Actor Prints." ''Artibus et Historiae'' 20:39 (1999). pp183-185.
*''Ukiyo-e Ruikou''. [http://www.aisf.or.jp/~jaanus/deta/u/ukiyoeruikou.htm JAANUS]. 2001. Accessed 28 February 2010.
*''Ukiyo-e Ruikou''. [http://www.aisf.or.jp/~jaanus/deta/u/ukiyoeruikou.htm JAANUS]. 2001. Accessed 28 February 2010.
*''Ukiyo-e ruikô''. ''Nihon Kokugo Daijiten''. Shogakukan, Inc. Accessed via JapanKnowledge online resource, 28 February 2010.
*''Ukiyo-e ruikô''. ''Nihon Kokugo Daijiten''. Shogakukan, Inc. Accessed via JapanKnowledge online resource, 28 February 2010.