Japan: 'Ichikawa Ebizo IV as Takemura Sadanojo in the Play Koinyobo Somewake'. Woodblock print by Toshusai Sharaku (active 1794-1795), 1794. Tōshūsai Sharaku is widely considered to be one of the great masters of woodblock printing in Japan. Little is known of him, besides his ukiyo-e prints; neither his true name nor the dates of his birth or death are known with any certainty. His active career as a woodblock artist seems to have spanned just ten months in the mid-Edo period of Japanese history, from the middle of 1794 to early 1795.

---

Size: 3600px × 5315px
Photo credit: © Pictures From History / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1794, 19th, acting, actor, art, arts, asia, asian, block, century, ebizo, historical, history, ichikawa, iv, japan, japanese, kabuki, koinyobo, sadanojo, sharaku, somewake, takemura, toshusai, ukiyo-, wood, woodblock