Toshusai Sharaku Woodblock Print

Item/Description: Kabuki actors Segawa Tomisaburo II as Yadorigi and Nakamura Manyo as a maid-servant. Signed in plate. In black lacquered, carved and gilt frame. Artist biography adhered to back.
Toshusai Sharaku (active 1794-1795) was a Japanese ukiyo-e print designer known for his portraits of kabuki actors. Neither his true name nor the dates of his birth or death are known. His active career as a woodblock artist spanned ten months; his prolific work met disapproval and his output came to an end as suddenly and mysteriously as it had begun. His work has come to be considered some of the greatest in the ukiyo-e genre.

Material: Woodblock print.

Dimensions: Image size: Height: 12"; Width: 8". Framed: Height: 18 1/2"; Width: 14".

Condition: Wear to frame. Art not examined out of frame.

Age: 20th Century.

Provenance: Private Estate.

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