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Sharaku Interpreted by Japan's Contemporary Artists
The subject of this exhibition is the famous Edo-period ukiyo-e (woodblock print) artist
Sharaku Toshusai, who is known for his inimitable bust portraits of Kabuki actors. Included
in the exhibition are 28 of Sharaku’s bust portraits (reproductions); 28 posters by graphic
designers; and 23 paintings, sculptures, ceramics and woodblock prints by contemporary
artists who have reinterpreted Sharaku using a combination of fluid ideas and definitive
expressions.
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Romulo Gallegos Latinamerica Study Center (Caracas,Venezuela)
October 12 - November 19, 2011Paraguayan-Japanese Center for Human Resources Development (Asuncion,Paraguay)
July 21- September 4, 2011The National Museum of Visual Arts(Museo de Artes Visuales)
(Montevideo, Uruguay)
Cornell Fine Arts Museum(Winter Park, USA)
February 4- March 28, 2011Albany Museum of Art (Albany, USA)
November 8- 28, 2010Ricardo Palma University Ccori Wasi Culture Center (Lima,Peru)
July 8 - September 28, 2010Cultural Institute of Providencia (Santiago, Chile)
February 18 - April 11, 2010Tennessee State Museum (Nashville, USA)
March 27 - April 9, 2009Lalit Kala Akademi (New Delhi, India)
March 5 - 13, 2009Academy of Fine Arts (Kolkata, India)
February 9 - 20, 2009Lalit Kala Akademi (Chennai, India)
November 14 - 30, 2008Zhejiang Gongshang University (Zhejiang, Hangzhou, China)
October 10 - 18, 2008Dalian, Liaoning, People's Republic of China (Dalian, Liaoning Province, China)
September 24 - October 5, 2008Shenyang City Library (Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, China)
September 8 - 13, 2008Chongqing University, Academy of Arts Exhibition Hall (Chongqing, China)
June 13 - July 12, 2008Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (Singapore, Singapore)
April 9 - May 18, 2008University Museum and Art Gallery The University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong, China)
March 10 -23, 2008Youth Creative Art Center (Doha, Qatar)
January 25 - February 24, 2008Siebold House (Leiden, Netherlands)
November 15 - 30, 2007National Foreign Arts Gallery (Sofia,Bulgaria)
September 19 - October 5, 2007National Cultural History Museum (African Window)
(Pretoria, South Africa)
July 5 - 25, 2007Melina Mercouri Cultural Center (Athens, Greece)
Otani Oniji III as the Servant Edohei
Kiyoshi Awazu: "SHARAKU elements"Festival
Sharaku Toshusai: Nakajima Wadaemon as Bodara Chozaemon, and Nakamura Konozo as Gon of the Kanagawa-ya
Yasumasa Morimura: Self-
portrait,“Sharaku”3- after
Bodara and Gon
Tadanori Yokoo : SHARAKU