![]() ![]() Now, something of a surprise is that given the Super Strat design, we expected a hard rocking machine here, however, while it can certainly rock out with the best of them, this uber rare guitar – fitted with a humbucker and two single coil pickups – is incredibly adept at… jazz. (The original Sharaku print is shown in pic # 8) Sharaku’s floating world depictions of kabuki actors and sumo wrestlers were meticulously created woodblock prints, featuring dark grey backgrounds of powdered mica, which has been beautifully recreated here, (pic # 4), offsetting the colors of his kabuki character perfectly. The guitar has come to us direct from a private Sydney collection and is in Near Mint condition. ![]() We initially saw no serial number on the guitar, until we were photographing it, at which point we noticed the 036 stamped into the top of the headstock, (see pic # 7). Limited edition Japanese production runs are typically one hundred or three hundred instruments. This stunning guitar ostensibly comes from a late eighties/early nineties, limited edition tribute series by Fernandes, produced for domestic Japanese sale only. Between May of 1794 and January 1795, a hitherto unknown Japanese artist, signing himself Tôshûsai Sharaku, laboriously created a total of 145 prints in the Ukiyo-e style, (“images of the floating world”), which have subsequently achieved such worldwide acclaim that Sharaku is often called the Rembrandt of Ukiyo-e.
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