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Ippitsusai Buncho - Artist Biography & Artworks

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Ippitsusai Buncho

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70 artworks

Actor's dressing table, from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

Actor's dressing table, from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

1770

The Actor Sakata Hangoro II, from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

The Actor Sakata Hangoro II, from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

1770

The Actor Ichikawa Haruzo II, from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

The Actor Ichikawa Haruzo II, from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

1770

The Actor Arashi Hinaji, from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

The Actor Arashi Hinaji, from "A Picture Book of Stage Fans (Ehon butai ogi)"

1770

The Courtesan Somenosuke of the Matsubaya House, from the series "Fuji-bumi (Folded Love-letters)"

The Courtesan Somenosuke of the Matsubaya House, from the series "Fuji-bumi (Folded Love-letters)"

c. 1769/70

The Actor Yamashita Kyonosuke I in a Female Role

The Actor Yamashita Kyonosuke I in a Female Role

c. 1769

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Nijo no Kisaki (?) in the Play Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the Seventh Month, 1770 (?)

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Nijo no Kisaki (?) in the Play Natsu Matsuri Naniwa Kagami (?), Performed at the Morita Theater (?) in the Seventh Month, 1770 (?)

c. 1770

The Courtesan Chibune of the Ebiya House, from the series "Fuji-bumi (Folded Love-letters)"

The Courtesan Chibune of the Ebiya House, from the series "Fuji-bumi (Folded Love-letters)"

c. 1769/70

The Flying Tea Ceremony Kettle (Tonda Chagama)

The Flying Tea Ceremony Kettle (Tonda Chagama)

c. 1770

The Actors Ichikawa Komazo II as Chunagon Yukihira (right), and Iwai Hanshiro IV as Murasame (left), in the Play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771

The Actors Ichikawa Komazo II as Chunagon Yukihira (right), and Iwai Hanshiro IV as Murasame (left), in the Play Kuni no Hana Ono no Itsumoji, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1771

c. 1771

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II

The Actor Ichikawa Yaozo II

late 18th century

The Actor Nakamura Matsue I as Tsuchiya Umegawa Disguised as the Female Sumo Wrestler Oyodo (?) in the Play Naniwa no Onna-zumo (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Sixth Month, 1770 (?)

The Actor Nakamura Matsue I as Tsuchiya Umegawa Disguised as the Female Sumo Wrestler Oyodo (?) in the Play Naniwa no Onna-zumo (?), Performed at the Nakamura Theater (?) in the Sixth Month, 1770 (?)

c. 1770

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Moshio, Wife of Ito Sukekiyo, in the Play Izu-goyomi Shibai no Ganjitsu, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1772

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku II as Moshio, Wife of Ito Sukekiyo, in the Play Izu-goyomi Shibai no Ganjitsu, Performed at the Morita Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1772

c. 1772

The Actor Onoe Tamizo I as Nishikigi in the Play Mutsu no Hana Ume no Kaomise, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1769

The Actor Onoe Tamizo I as Nishikigi in the Play Mutsu no Hana Ume no Kaomise, Performed at the Ichimura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1769

c. 1769

The Actor Otani Hiroji III in an Unidentified Role

The Actor Otani Hiroji III in an Unidentified Role

c. 1770

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro II as Kudo Suketsune (?) in the Play Edo no Hana Wakayagi Soga (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Second Month, 1769 (?)

The Actor Sawamura Sojuro II as Kudo Suketsune (?) in the Play Edo no Hana Wakayagi Soga (?), Performed at the Ichimura Theater (?) in the Second Month, 1769 (?)

c. 1769

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II as the Heron Maiden in the play "Cotton Wadding of Izu Protecting the Matrimonial Chrysanthemums (Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata)," performed at the Ichimura Theater from the first day of the eleventh month, 1770

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II as the Heron Maiden in the play "Cotton Wadding of Izu Protecting the Matrimonial Chrysanthemums (Myoto-giku Izu no Kisewata)," performed at the Ichimura Theater from the first day of the eleventh month, 1770

1770

Sakata Sajūrō I as a Samurai’s Manservant

Sakata Sajūrō I as a Samurai’s Manservant

c.1770

Waitress at the Owariya Teahouse

Waitress at the Owariya Teahouse

c. 1768

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II, Possibly as Princess Ayaori in the Play Ima o Sakari Suehiro Genji (The Genji Clan Now at Its Zenith), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1768

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II, Possibly as Princess Ayaori in the Play Ima o Sakari Suehiro Genji (The Genji Clan Now at Its Zenith), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1768

c. 1768

Ushiwaka-maru on the Gojo Bridge

Ushiwaka-maru on the Gojo Bridge

reprint of c. 1769 design

The Actor Arashi Otohachi I as Numataro, the Retainer of Utou Yasukata, in Part Two of the Play Kogane no Hana Gaijin Aramusha (Gold Flowers: The Triumphal Return of Fierce Warriors), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1766

The Actor Arashi Otohachi I as Numataro, the Retainer of Utou Yasukata, in Part Two of the Play Kogane no Hana Gaijin Aramusha (Gold Flowers: The Triumphal Return of Fierce Warriors), Performed at the Nakamura Theater from the First Day of the Eleventh Month, 1766

c. 1766

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in a Female Role

The Actor Iwai Hanshiro IV in a Female Role

c. 1769

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo II as Soga no Juro Sukenari Disguised as a Fox Trapper in the Play Kagami-ga-ike Omokage Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1770

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo II as Soga no Juro Sukenari Disguised as a Fox Trapper in the Play Kagami-ga-ike Omokage Soga, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the First Month, 1770

c. 1770