Bunchō
Ippitsusai Bunchō (
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.[2][1]
The earliest known works attributed to Bunchō are the illustrations to Hachimonji Jishō II's Eiga asobi nidai otoko (1755). Between 1766 and 1774 he made a large number of actor prints in the narrow vertical hosoban dimensions. In 1770 he produced the three-volume Ehon butai ōgi (
From 1769 he also made bijin-ga prints of female beauties that show the influence of Suzuki Harunobu.[2] These became his major subject, and in the An'ei era (1772–81) no actor prints of his are known.[4]
Bunchō's last known work was an e-goyomi picture calendar from 1790. He had few students, one of whom was Kishi Bunshō (1754–96).[2]
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Matsumoto Koshiro III as Soga no Goro
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Matsumoto Koshiro as Asagao
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Actor and Courtesan Parodying the Armor-Pulling Scene from the Story of the Soga Brothers
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An Actor of the Ichikawa School about to Draw His Sword
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The Toothbrush Shop Yanagi-ya
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Ichimura Uzaemon IX and Otani Hiroji III
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Ichimura Uzaemon X
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Courtesan with a Dog
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Ippitsusai Bunchō | Ukiyo-e, Kabuki, Printmaker | Britannica". www.britannica.com. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
- ^ a b c d e Marks 2012, p. 48.
- ^ Japan Ukiyo-e Association 1982, p. 120.
- ^ a b Fujisawa 2006, p. 48.
Works cited[edit]
- Fujisawa, Akane (2006). "Ippitsusai Bunchō". In Kobayashi, Tadashi (ed.). Ukiyo eshi retsuden
浮世絵 師 列伝 . Bessatsu Taiyō (in Japanese). Heibonsha. pp. 48–49. ISBN 9784582944938. - Japan Ukiyo-e Association (1982). Genshoku Ukiyo-e Dai-Hyakka Jiten
原色 浮世絵 大 百科 事典 第 6巻 [Original Colour Grand Ukiyo-e Encyclopaedia]. Vol. 6. Taishūkan Publishing. - Marks, Andreas (2012). Japanese Woodblock Prints: Artists, Publishers and Masterworks: 1680–1900. Tuttle Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4629-0599-7.
External links[edit]
- Media related to Ippitsusai Bunchō at Wikimedia Commons
- Ippitsusai Bunchō at ukiyo-e.org