Shunrou(Hokusai) invented Sharaku's technique

 

Thinktng back in time,

1) "Ryakuga hayaosie" is considered to be a technique for amateurs to easily draw pictures.

2) The author who made it ,of course, must have used the same technique for his paintings.

 Among the paintings drawn soon after the Sharaku era, the geometric structure can be clearly seen in "Oshikurihatoutusennozu".

3) Sharaku’s "Daishichi Shiga of the Third Generation Ichikawa Koraizo" can be drawn with arcs.

4) This technique has already been used in Shunro's "Kimenzan ,Dewanoumi ".

 

One way to prove that Sharaku is Hokusai, is to show that Shunro in the latter period drew like Sharaku.

When I wrote the previous blog

【visual grammar (visible grammar): Identification of Sharaku and Hokusai on deep structural level (yukihiko-ikumori.blogspot.com)】

Only "Kimenzan －Dewanoumi " was the picture that shows Sharaku’s  style.

We can draw the picture using a limited number of circle of different sizes.

So making arc models, we  can compare any picture regardless of the subject of the picture.

Shunro "Kimenzan ,Dewanoumi " arc model
                                   arc-circle model
Sharaku "Daishichi Shiga of the Third Generation Ichikawa Koraizo" arc-circle model
Hokusai "Oshikurihatoutusennozu" arc-circle model
Sunro [The First Month, Manzai Dancers, 1793】 

Sharaku Nakayama Tomisaburō I as a Kamuro Performing a Lion Dance, 1794

The large circle group makes basic structure.

Shunro  large circle-arc model [The First Month, Manzai Dancers]
Sharaku large circle-arc model [Nakayama Tomisaburo]

Middle circle-arc model produces rhythmic effect.


  Shunrou [The First Month, Manzai Dancers,1793]

Only the first series of Okubi-e is considered to be masterpiece.

 Later, the power declined rapidly, lacking in vividness, and the painting talent and print quality of the work were inferior.

(Wikipedia)

This is just the opinion of a person without　taste judgement.

From formal art perspective, Sharaku's era was a time when Hokusai's richest creativity was shown to invent new technique.

 


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