Nakajima Wadaemon as Jizo, Offering His Life for a Land Owner

Toshusai Sharaku

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Object Label

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.

Caption

Toshusai Sharaku Japanese, active 1794–1795. Nakajima Wadaemon as Jizo, Offering His Life for a Land Owner, Eleventh month of 1794. Color woodblock print on paper, 12 3/4 x 6 in. (32.4 x 15.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 45.158.2. No known copyright restrictions (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 45.158.2_IMLS_PS3.jpg)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

Asian Art

Title

Nakajima Wadaemon as Jizo, Offering His Life for a Land Owner

Date

Eleventh month of 1794

Period

Edo period, Kansei 6

Geography

Place made: Japan

Medium

Color woodblock print on paper

Classification

Print

Dimensions

12 3/4 x 6 in. (32.4 x 15.2 cm)

Signatures

Sharaku

Credit Line

Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund

Accession Number

45.158.2

Rights

No known copyright restrictions

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