Kabuki Actor Morita Kanya VIII as the Palanquin-Bearer in the Play A Medley of Tales of Revenge (Katakiuchi noriaibanashi) 5th month, 1794 Tōshūsai Sharaku Japanese This figure, whose nickname "Uguisu" means "bush warbler," is a palanquin bearer, a profession that Edoites associated with petty hoodlums. Sharaku depicts him furtively rubbing his hands inside his kimono, a conventional gesture indicating his guilty awareness of the evil deed he is about to commit.Sharaku was a master at designing forceful graphic images. In this portrait, the strength of his draftsmanship is concentrated in the drapery folds and the varied lines of the facial features, where the essence of this character could be best expressed. The clipped starting points and tapered ends of individual lines are reminiscent of lines painted with a brush, yet the graphic quality is typical of the woodblock-print medium.. Kabuki Actor Morita Kanya VIII as the Palanquin-Bearer in the Play A Medley of Tales of Revenge (Ka

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Kabuki Actor Morita Kanya VIII as the Palanquin-Bearer in the Play A Medley of Tales of Revenge (Katakiuchi noriaibanashi) 5th month, 1794 Tōshūsai Sharaku Japanese This figure, whose nickname "Uguisu" means "bush warbler," is a palanquin bearer, a profession that Edoites associated with petty hoodlums. Sharaku depicts him furtively rubbing his hands inside his kimono, a conventional gesture indicating his guilty awareness of the evil deed he is about to commit.Sharaku was a master at designing forceful graphic images. In this portrait, the strength of his draftsmanship is concentrated in the drapery folds and the varied lines of the facial features, where the essence of this character could be best expressed. The clipped starting points and tapered ends of individual lines are reminiscent of lines painted with a brush, yet the graphic quality is typical of the woodblock-print medium.. Kabuki Actor Morita Kanya VIII as the Palanquin-Bearer in the Play A Medley of Tales of Revenge (Ka

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