Reposted from @risingsunprints Iwai Hanshiro Iv as the Wet Nurse...

Reposted from @risingsunprints Iwai Hanshiro Iv as the Wet Nurse...

Reposted from @risingsunprints Iwai Hanshiro Iv as the Wet Nurse Shigenoi (1794)

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This piece is taken from the play “The Colored Reins of a Loving Wife”, a kabuki play that was originally written for ‘Bunraku’; puppet theatre.

This story is one of forbidden love, a tragic tale of family honour between Shigenoi and Yosaku. Shigenoi is a ‘Koshemoto’, a lady’s maid or wet nurse, and Yosaku is one of Lord Umanosuke’s retainers, a Samurai. Shigenoi and Yosaku fall in love and have an illicit child, but the birth is a violation of family law and is commonly punishable by death. Yosaku is banished from the clan and Shigenoi is sentenced to death, spared only after her father commits sacrificial suicide in her place.

Sharaku is known for his incredibly realistic portrayals of kabuki actors in an attempt at gaining psychological realism, for both the individual and for his role. He ignored his contemporaries who flattered and instead exaggerated their undesirable features; offending many actors.

In Japan, Sharaku is named the “enigmatic ukiyo-e master” and Sharaku’s life is still very much a mystery. Although he created nearly 150 incredible prints, his working life as an artist spanned only ten months, after which he disappeared.
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Half-Polish / Half-Italian British-born artist-cum-photographer who earned a living as a designer and artist between jobs as a teacher and IT Comms specialist (CV and other details via [profile] above.) A baritone, autistic polymath, and member of Mensa (6σ IQ), I am Jan Szafranski and also known as The Sadistic Scribbler.

Started out as a comic book artist (first underground in the '70s to mainstream in the late '80s) before teaching art & photography to teens. Moved into computers, web-design, photo-manips, etc. before returning to teaching in 2002.

In 2006 I temporarily lost my sight (right in the middle of a lesson with Year 11s), regained it but then started on the slow downhill decline that comes with MS… including pain, fatigue, vision & cognitive problems, and tremors & spasms. Add to that recent development of osteoarthritis, and all of which make drawing, painting and photographing very difficult when not in remission.

I’m now 'sorta-retired' because of the symptoms, but will still accept art or photography commissions, as well as website designs and IT consultancy. More details of which can be found on my business site: www.idea-technology.co.uk and artist portal: www.sadisticscribbler.co.uk.

I am currently working on developing my use of digital painting. Digital painting is an emerging art form in which traditional painting techniques such as watercolor, oils, etc. are applied using digital tools by means of a computer, a digitizing tablet and stylus, and software. Digital painting differs from other forms of digital art, particularly computer-generated art, in that it does not involve the computer rendering from a model, nor does it use the computer to automatically generate a pseudo-painting. Instead, the artist uses traditional painting techniques to create the digital painting directly on the computer as if it were just another brush or medium.

I create the painting, directly on my PC, by using various painting software. The tablet can be compared to a canvas or watercolor paper surface, while the stylus pen or mouse is my paintbrush.

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