Nakajima Wadaemon as Jizo, Offering His Life for a Land Owner Toshusai Sharaku (Japanese, active 1794-1795). Nakajima Wadaemon as Jizo, Offering His Life for a Land Owner, Nov. 1794. Color woodblock print on paper, 12 3/4 x 6 in. ( x cm). Sharaku’s full-length actor portraits are less celebrated than his more graphically striking half-length compositions, but they often depict their subjects with great sensitivity. Here, an older actor is shown onstage, playing a heroic, self-sacrificing character. Asian Art Nov. 1794

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