Japanese Woodblock Print by Katsuhara Shinya, Sharaku
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The size of Hanga, 10” x 15 3/4”, 255 mm x 390 mm.
The title of Hanga: Ōtani Oniji III in the Role of the Servant Edobei,
Materrial of Paper: Washi. Condition of Hanga: Excellent.
Kabuki Theater Scene, nishiki-e colour print, 1794 done by
Sharaku Toshusai. The front of Hanga lower right has Toshusai Sharaku painted,
with seal of Kiwame which passed the inspection seal of Edo
Government and printer’s seal. This is one of most famous Sharaku’s
woodblock print. There is also Stamped seal by Katsuhara Shinya,
Recreated and printed by Katsuhara. The condition of woodblock print excellent.
Tachihara Inuki - Katsuhara Shinya（1951 – 2015）
He goes with primary name: Tachihara Inuki、Given name: Katsuhara Shinya.
He changed the name to Inuki Tachihara in 1999 at age 45 to be creative artist.
Woodblock print artist for reproductions of prints by Kunisada, Hiroshige, Kuniyoshi、
Sharaku, and Utamaro. Also produced original designs.
He was number one Woodblock living artist in contemporary days
until he passed away at age of 64 years old.
His works are sold in many gallery and collected by many Hanga collectors throughout Japan
and as well as world wide. He carved and printed his own woodblocks as many
fine Edo woodblock artists.
He used printing inks formulated after extensive study of the pigments
used in early-modern Japanese colour prints. He was born in Nagoya, Japan, then moved
to Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture at age 7.
He was also a jazz performer. He began creating and researching
ukiyo-e prints at the age of 25. The British Museum has both reprints and
originals of his works. Inuki Tachihara, a 62-year-old self-taught woodblock artist,
has devoted half his life to reviving the lost beauty of ukiyo-e masterpieces from the Edo
Period (1603-1867) by printing them exactly as they would have been made then, with their original colors.
Surviving prints have mostly faded over the years.
Sharaku’s Hanga appeared suddenly on the ukiyo-e scene in May 1794
and produced about 140 woodblock prints within only ten months. Then he
vanished without a trace. His brief but intense activity left an enduring
mystery that has fascinated scholars, collectors, and writers for more than two centuries.
Please see Toshusai Sharaku's information at the wikipedia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharaku
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