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*''Active: [[1794]]/5-[[1795]]/2''
*''Japanese'': 東洲斎 写楽 ''(Toushuusai Sharaku)''
Sharaku is one of the most mysterious ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' artists. He was active for only ten months, between 1794 and 1795, producing a number of designs, of which roughly 160 are extant today. His designs are bold, reflecting a very individual style, which has been much praised and lauded, but very little is known of his life or background.
Some sources indicate he was a [[Noh]] actor in the service of the ''daimyô'' of [[Awa province]]. He had a relationship with the publisher [[Tsutaya Juzaburo|Tsutaya Jûzaburô]], who published all of Sharaku's work.
Scholars have debated his identity, some asserting that "Sharaku" was simply a pseudonym for another, more well-known, artist such as [[Hokusai]], though others have argued against these claims.
His style shows some influence from that of [[Katsukawa Shunsho|Katsukawa Shunshô]], though it is also boldly unique. Sharaku builds upon the trends towards realism prevalent at the time, and Shunshô's introduction of individualized, differentiated faces, taking these both to the extreme, to create [[yakusha-e|actor portraits]] both quite individualized, and hyper-realistic to the point of caricature.
''Ukiyo-e'' expert [[Richard Lane]] cites influence evident in Sharaku's work not only of the style of Katsukawa Shunshô, but also of the large heads and dramaticly cropped headshot portrait mode of [[Ippitsusai Buncho|Ippitsusai Bunchô]], [[Katsukawa Shunko|Katsukawa Shunkô]], and [[Katsukawa Shunei|Katsukawa Shun'ei]], as well as the influence of the [[Kamigata]] artists [[Suifutei]] and [[Ryukosai|Ryûkôsai]].
==References==
*Lane, Richard. ''Images from the Floating World''. New York: Konecky & Konecky, 1978. pp122-127.
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]
*''Japanese'': 東洲斎 写楽 ''(Toushuusai Sharaku)''
Sharaku is one of the most mysterious ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' artists. He was active for only ten months, between 1794 and 1795, producing a number of designs, of which roughly 160 are extant today. His designs are bold, reflecting a very individual style, which has been much praised and lauded, but very little is known of his life or background.
Some sources indicate he was a [[Noh]] actor in the service of the ''daimyô'' of [[Awa province]]. He had a relationship with the publisher [[Tsutaya Juzaburo|Tsutaya Jûzaburô]], who published all of Sharaku's work.
Scholars have debated his identity, some asserting that "Sharaku" was simply a pseudonym for another, more well-known, artist such as [[Hokusai]], though others have argued against these claims.
His style shows some influence from that of [[Katsukawa Shunsho|Katsukawa Shunshô]], though it is also boldly unique. Sharaku builds upon the trends towards realism prevalent at the time, and Shunshô's introduction of individualized, differentiated faces, taking these both to the extreme, to create [[yakusha-e|actor portraits]] both quite individualized, and hyper-realistic to the point of caricature.
''Ukiyo-e'' expert [[Richard Lane]] cites influence evident in Sharaku's work not only of the style of Katsukawa Shunshô, but also of the large heads and dramaticly cropped headshot portrait mode of [[Ippitsusai Buncho|Ippitsusai Bunchô]], [[Katsukawa Shunko|Katsukawa Shunkô]], and [[Katsukawa Shunei|Katsukawa Shun'ei]], as well as the influence of the [[Kamigata]] artists [[Suifutei]] and [[Ryukosai|Ryûkôsai]].
==References==
*Lane, Richard. ''Images from the Floating World''. New York: Konecky & Konecky, 1978. pp122-127.
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]
