COMPASSION

Affirmation of life is the spiritual act by which man ceases to live thoughtlessly and begins to devote himself to his life
with reverence in order to give it true value.
— Albert Schweitzer

11/21/2017

Japanese Samurai (1863-1900)

 
Akira Kurosawa with the cast of Rashomon (1950)



Nov 17

Rare hand-colored photos of Japanese Samurai (1863-1900)







 
                                                                                 Sharaku

  Tōshūsai Sharaku (Japanese: 東洲斎 写楽; 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.

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