Tshirt-Sharaku

by yamachem - uploaded on May 5, 2015, 5:44 pm

The image of a female character called "Asako".

She wears a T-shirt which includes

a image of a "ukiyo-e or 浮世絵" which is a genre of woodblock prints and paintings that flourished in Japan from the 17th through 19th centuries.



The "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.　　　　　　　　　

The original image is from here:　　　　　

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