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Sharaku

1701 - 1801

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Tōshūsai Sharaku (東洲斎 写楽; Japanese pronunciation: [toː.ɕɯꜜː.sai | ɕaꜜ.ɾa.kɯ], active 1794–1795) was a Japanese ukiyo-e print designer, known for his portraits of kabuki actors. Neither his true name nor the dates of his birth or death are known. His active career as a woodblock artist spanned ten months; his prolific work met disapproval and his output came to an end as suddenly and mysteriously as it had begun. His work has come to be considered some of the greatest in the ukiyo-e genre. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sharaku is the 879th most popular painter (down from 646th in 2019). (down from 989th in 2019)

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Among painters, Sharaku ranks 879 out of 2,023. Before him are Henry Hill, Donald Judd, Paul Gavarni, Bartolomé Bermejo, Barbara Longhi, and Toros Roslin. After him are Maximilien Luce, Jacques Villon, Aleksander Orłowski, Felix Nussbaum, Grandma Moses, and Louise Catherine Breslau.

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Among people born in 1701, Sharaku ranks 8. Before him are Maria Amalia of Austria, Charles Emmanuel III of Sardinia, Anna Magdalena Bach, Charles Marie de La Condamine, Pietro Longhi, and Jean-Frédéric Phélypeaux, Count of Maurepas. After him are Alvise Giovanni Mocenigo, Dmitry Laptev, Johan Agrell, Nicolai Eigtved, Johann Nikolaus von Hontheim, and Wu Jingzi. Among people deceased in 1801, Sharaku ranks 20. Before him are Darya Nikolayevna Saltykova, Princess Philippine Charlotte of Prussia, Déodat Gratet de Dolomieu, Daniel Chodowiecki, Johann Gottlieb Naumann, and Duchess Louise Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. After him are Motoori Norinaga, Franz Moritz von Lacy, Ignacy Krasicki, Nikolai Vasilyeich Repnin, Antoine de Rivarol, and Princess Charlotte Amalie of Hesse-Philippsthal.

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