Japanese Ukiyoe Toshusai Sharaku Kabuki Actor Portrait Woodblock Print FL443 national treasure Because the design is so

Because the design is so textured

making a wish for the down-to-earth life

features a sometsuke blue and white combination with pink cherry blossoms with floating petals

rounded with no added embellishments or designs

Japanese Ukiyoe Toshusai Sharaku Kabuki Actor Portrait Woodblock Print FL443 national treasure Because the design is soJapanese Ukiyoe Woodblock Print Art This Japanese ukiyo e is a woodblock print by Toshusai Sharaku featuring a kabuki actor in character. The character is a women wearing a red kimono and a black kimono coat with red and yellow chrysanthemum flowers. This piece is titled 'Segawa Tomisaburo II as Yadorigi, the Wife of Ogishi Kurando'. Actors who play female roles in kabuki are called onnagata. The print is placed on a thick paper that folds in two with