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Buncho IPPITSUSAI  -  active 1765-1792      

Buncho Ippitsusai

Buncho Ippitsusai active 1765-1792

Buncho was a Samurai who started painting and printmaking. He was influenced by Harunobu. Favorite subjects were actors and "bijin" (beautiful women). In collaboration with Katsukawa Shunsho he produced three volumes of an illustrated book with stage celebrities.
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Notes: also Kishi Buncho

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Literature sources used for artist biographies:

• Merritt, Helen and Yamada, Nanako, "Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints 1900-1975", University of Hawaii Press, 1995, ISBN 0-8248-1732-X
• Lane, Richard, "Images from the Floating World: The Japanese Print", Fribourg, 1978, ISBN 0-914427-54-7
• Laurance, P.Roberts, "A Dictionary of Japanese Artists", John Weatherhill Inc., New York, 1976
• Frances Blakemore "Who is Who in Modern Japanese Prints", John Weatherhill, New York and Tokyo, 1975. ISBN 0-8348-0101-9
• Annual CWAJ catalogs