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    Sharaku Interpreted by Japan's Contemporary Artists

    Sharaku Interpreted by Japan's Contemporary Artists Image gallery

    Presented by Tennessee State Museum at Tennessee State Museum

    February 18-April 11, 2010

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    The exhibition takes as its theme Toshusai Sharaku, known throughout Japan and the world for his bust portraits of Kabuki actors. Sharaku is widely considered to be one of the great masters of ukiyo-e (woodblock) printing in Japan. Little is actually known of him; neither his true name nor the dates of his birth or death are known with any certainty. His active career as a woodblock artist seems to have spanned just 10 months in the mid-Edo period of Japanese history, from middle 1794 to early 1795. Apart from the original copies of Sharaku’s prints, the exhibition includes works of 11 contemporary Japanese artists who have freely interpreted this Japanese master in the form of paintings and three-dimensional art. This exhibition illustrates the influence of Sharaku’s ukiyo-e prints on Japan’s current graphic designers and contemporary artists.


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        Tennessee State Museum

        505 Deaderick Street
        Nashville, TN 37243

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        Free Admission

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        Dates:
        February 18-April 11, 2010

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        Tuesday through Saturday 10:00am-5:00pm
        Sunday 1:00pm-5:00pm

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