ポール・ビニー (敏弐) 画　「江戸墨百色 写楽の（戯画）」|“Sharaku’s Caricatures,” from the series: A Hundred Shades of Ink of Edo

Paul Binnie

ca. 2011 · Woodblock print; ink, color, on paper; large vertical ōban · Asian Art

A young male model twists his body and spreads his hands to echo the dynamic image tattooed on his back, which is based on Tōshūsai Sharaku’s famous half-length portrait of Ōtani Oniji III (1794). The mask in the title cartouche is a caricature of the face of the famous Kabuki actor Ichikawa Ebizō V. Beneath the artist’s signature is a rebus of the artist’s own face, comprising the stylized shapes of the letters of his fullname in English.

Artist

Paul Binnie

Date

ca. 2011

Medium

Woodblock print; ink, color, on paper; large vertical ōban

Culture

Japan

Department

Asian Art

Credit line

Purchase, Gift of Estate of Mrs. E. H. Harriman, Bequest of Anna R. Milton, and Gift of I. N. Phelps Stokes, by exchange, 2018