Tshirt-Toshusai-sharaku

by yamachem - uploaded on May 5, 2015, 5:11 pm

The image of a T-shirt which has a image of "ukiyo-e or 浮世絵".

Ukiyo-e is a genre of woodblock prints and paintings that flourished in Japan from the 17th through 19th centuries.

This ukiyo-e is titled "Ichikawa Omezo or 市川男女蔵"　and created by "Toshusai Sharaku or 東洲斎　写楽".



"Ichikawa-Omezo" is a stage name of a kabuki-actor.

Normally、a stage name is succeeded from a father to his son.　　　　　　　　　

This original image is from here:

　http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B5%AE%E4%B8%96%E7%B5%B5#/media/File:Sharaku1.jpg