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拍品專文
The subject of ongoing debate; neither the true name, nor the dates of birth and death of the artist Toshusai Sharaku are known. This elusive artist's active career under this name spanned a mere ten months and his dynamic portraits of actors were imbued with a realism unusual at the time. However, his work has come to be considered some of the most important of the entire ukiyo-e genre.
The play Hana-ayame Bunroku Soga was a popular vendetta play in which the Soga brothers set out to avenge their father's murder. This print show's the actor Arashi Ryuzo playing the role of the mean-spirited money lender Ishibe Kinkichi, his face with intense expression.
For examples of the same print in museum collections:
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (accession no. 11.14671), go to:
https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/actor-arashi-ry%C3%BBz%C3%B4-ii-as-the-moneylender-ishibe-kinkichi-206689
The British Museum (museum no. 1909,0618,0.47), go to:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspx
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum (object no. 1933.4.513), go to:
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/art/206708
The play Hana-ayame Bunroku Soga was a popular vendetta play in which the Soga brothers set out to avenge their father's murder. This print show's the actor Arashi Ryuzo playing the role of the mean-spirited money lender Ishibe Kinkichi, his face with intense expression.
For examples of the same print in museum collections:
The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (accession no. 11.14671), go to:
https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/actor-arashi-ry%C3%BBz%C3%B4-ii-as-the-moneylender-ishibe-kinkichi-206689
The British Museum (museum no. 1909,0618,0.47), go to:
https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/search.aspx
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum (object no. 1933.4.513), go to:
https://www.harvardartmuseums.org/art/206708