Styles Genres Museums Artists Support

An open visual arts database with 625,000+ artworks, 56,000+ artists, and 850+ styles spanning centuries of human creativity.

Browse

Styles
Genres
Museums
Artists
Favorites

Popular Styles

Impressionism
Romanticism
Surrealism
Pop Art
Cubism
Realism

Museums

Art Institute of Chicago
MoMA
Rijksmuseum
Cleveland Museum of Art
The MET
Louvre

VisualArtsDB is free and open for everyone.

Support the project

© 2026 VisualArtsDB

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozō III by Tōshūsai Sharaku — VisualArtsDB

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozō III

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozō III

Tōshūsai Sharaku

1784–1804

Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper (hoso-e, Yellow ground)
Dimensions: 12 31/32 x 6 11/32 in. (33 x 16.1 cm)
Genre: Print
Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Tags

fansActorsmen

More by Tōshūsai Sharaku

Sawamura Sojuro III as Nagoya Sanza

Sawamura Sojuro III as Nagoya Sanza

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

The Actor Segawa Tomisaburo II as the Otomos' Maid Wakakusa, Actually Prince Korehito

The Actor Segawa Tomisaburo II as the Otomos' Maid Wakakusa, Actually Prince Korehito

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

The actor Onoe Matsusuke I as Matsushita Mikinoshin

The actor Onoe Matsusuke I as Matsushita Mikinoshin

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Segawa Kikunojo lll in the Role of Courtesan Katsuragi

Segawa Kikunojo lll in the Role of Courtesan Katsuragi

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1790

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo III as Saeki Kurando Tsunenori (Sandai-me Ichikawa Yaozo no Saeki Kurando Tsunenori)

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo III as Saeki Kurando Tsunenori (Sandai-me Ichikawa Yaozo no Saeki Kurando Tsunenori)

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1789

Tennojiya Riko (The actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as the maid Ebizo Okane of the Ouchiya [actually Iwate, wife of Sadato])

Tennojiya Riko (The actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as the maid Ebizo Okane of the Ouchiya [actually Iwate, wife of Sadato])

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as the Wealthy Bumpkin from Yamato, Actually Magoemon of Ninokuchi Village (Yondai-me Matsumoto Koshiro no Yamato no Yabo Daijin, jitsuwa Ninokuchi-mura Magoemon)

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro IV as the Wealthy Bumpkin from Yamato, Actually Magoemon of Ninokuchi Village (Yondai-me Matsumoto Koshiro no Yamato no Yabo Daijin, jitsuwa Ninokuchi-mura Magoemon)

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1789

Ichikawa Omezō I in the Role of Yakko Ippei from the Play "Koinyōbō somewake tazuna"

Ichikawa Omezō I in the Role of Yakko Ippei from the Play "Koinyōbō somewake tazuna"

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1792

The actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Date no Yosaku

The actor Ichikawa Monnosuke II as Date no Yosaku

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

The actor Sawamura Sojuro III as Ogishi Kurando

The actor Sawamura Sojuro III as Ogishi Kurando

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

Nakayama Tomisaburō as Miyagino in the Play "Katakiuchi Noriyaibanashi"

Nakayama Tomisaburō as Miyagino in the Play "Katakiuchi Noriyaibanashi"

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794

The actor Ichikawa Ebizo IV as Takemura Sadanoshin

The actor Ichikawa Ebizo IV as Takemura Sadanoshin

Tōshūsai Sharaku, 1794