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These people were depicted as exaggerated caricatures with large heads, crossed eyes, and grimaced frowns in prints by Sharaku. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name these people who were the focus of prints called yakusha-e (“YAHK-sha-eh”). The Torii school specialized in depictions of these people, who were the most popular subjects of ukiyo-e (“oo-kee-yo-EH”) prints alongside bijin, or “beauties.”
ANSWER: kabuki actors [or actresses; accept onnagatas or oyamas]
[10m] Toyokuni I pivoted a school named for this surname to focus on actor prints after the death of its founder, Toyoharu. This surname was taken by the artist Kuniyoshi and the artist of The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō.
ANSWER: Utagawa [accept Utagawa school; accept Utagawa Kuniyoshi or Utagawa Hiroshige]
[10e] Hiroshige, who made actor prints as a young member of the Utagawa school, later shifted to landscapes like his “Thirty-six Views of” this landmark. Hokusai’s series of the same name includes The Great Wave off Kanagawa.
ANSWER: Mount Fuji [or Fugaku or Fuji-san]
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