Large Head Picture - Ookubie

Japanese: 大首絵 - おおくびえ

A term used in ukiyo-e. A work depicting a beautiful woman, actor, or other person in a bust format. There is also a theory that it is called o-gaoe (large face painting) to distinguish it from works that depict only the face. The early period of this style was during the Kyoho era (1716-1717), before nishiki-e (colored woodblock prints) was perfected.
36), but there are very few examples. They began to be seen in large numbers from around the An'ei period (1772-1781), and were produced by many artists up until the end of ukiyo-e in the Meiji period. Among them, the best-known artists for their portrayals of actors are Katsukawa Shunso and other artists of the Katsukawa school, as well as Toshusai Sharaku, Utagawa Toyokuni, and Utagawa Kunimasa, while the best-known artists for their portrayals of beautiful women are Kitagawa Utamaro, Hosoda Eishi, and Eishosai Choki.

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Toshusai Sharaku's "Ichikawa Ebizo and Takemura Sadanoshin"
A large-headed actor portrait of Ichikawa Ebizo (the 5th Ichikawa Danjūrō) playing Takemura Sadanoshin in "Koi Nyōbō Somewake Tezuna." Black mica print, 1794 (Kansei 6), published by Tsutaya Jūzaburō, owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art .

Toshusai Sharaku's "Ichikawa Ebizo and Takemura Sadanoshin"

Kitagawa Utamaro's "Matsubaya Indoor Makeup"
Around the Kansei era (1789-1801) Owned by the National Diet Library

Kitagawa Utamaro's "Matsubaya Indoor Makeup"

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

浮世絵の用語。美人や役者などの人物を胸像の構図で描いた作品。とくに顔面だけを大きく描いたものを区別して、大顔絵(おおがおえ)とよぶ説もある。その初期は、錦絵(にしきえ)が完成される以前の享保(きょうほう)年間（1716～17
36）ごろとされるが、作例はきわめて少ない。多くみられるようになるのは安永(あんえい)年間（1772～1781）ごろからで、浮世絵終焉(しゅうえん)期の明治年代に至るまで多くの絵師によって描かれた。そのなかでも、役者絵では、勝川春草(かつかわしゅんそう)をはじめとする勝川派の絵師や東洲斎写楽(とうしゅうさいしゃらく)、歌川豊国(とよくに)、歌川国政(くにまさ)などが知られ、美人画では喜多川歌麿(うたまろ)、細田栄之(えいし)、栄松斎長喜(えいしょうさいちょうき)などが名作を残している。

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