The actor Bando Mitsugoro II as Ishii Genzo

Tōshūsai Sharaku

artist Toshusai Sharaku 東洲斎写楽, Japanese, active 1794-95

date 1794

medium Color woodblock print; oban

origin Japan

dimensions 37.5 × 24.7 cm

credit line Clarence Buckingham Collection

exhibitions The Floating World and the Flat One

hall 08 Ukiyo-e

rights public domain (CC0)

Record in Chicago Full image

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Every work shown here is in the public domain and comes from the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago, published under its Open Access programme (CC0). Artist, title, date, medium and the museum’s own credit line are printed under each plate, and every plate links to the object record in Chicago. EPRIS Museum claims no rights in these images.