Ippitsusai Bunchô
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Ippitsusai Bunchō (, ) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, best known for his yakusha-e actor prints in narrow hosoban dimensions. Bunchō and Katsukawa Shunshō are credited with having developed kabuki actor portraiture focuses on producing likenesses of the subjects, rather than stereotyped faces.
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- Born
- 1725
- Died
- 1794
- Works
- 3
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- 一筆斉文調展
- Ippitsusai Bunchō ten
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- time period
- Edo period
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- Ippitsusai Bunchō
- date of birth
- 1723-01-01
- date of death
- 1792-01-01
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- Ippitsusai Bunchō
- name in native language
- 一筆斎文調
- name in kana
- いっぴつさい ぶんちょう
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Ippitsusai Bunchō (, ) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, best known for his yakusha-e actor prints in narrow hosoban dimensions. Bunchō and Katsukawa Shunshō are credited with having developed kabuki actor portraiture focuses on producing likenesses of the subjects, rather than stereotyped faces.
Little is known about Bunchō's life. His birth surname was Mori, and he is believed to have studied painting under Ishikawa Yukimoto of the Kanō school.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ippitsusai Bunchô” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.