Artist: Toshusai Sharaku
Title: Kabuki - Otani Oniji
Date: This reproduction was made probably in 1950s.
Details & Prices: Toshusai Sharaku: Kabuki - Otani Oniji - Artelino
Source:
artelino - Japanese Prints
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Description:
This image shows the kabuki character Oniji. Typical for Sharaku's actor portraits is the exaggerated, near to caricature expressiveness. Sharaku is one of the greatest misteries of art history. He popped out of nowhere, created some 140 designs, mostly bust portraits of kabuki actors, and then disappeared from the scene. Numerous theories have been developed and countless books were written trying to give an answer to one of the biggest enigmas in art history.
