Ippitsusai Bunchō

Japanese artist

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Died:: 1791

Movement / Style:: ukiyo-e

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Ippitsusai Bunchō (died 1791) was a Japanese artist in the ukiyo-e school, which depicted subjects drawn from everyday life.

Ippitsusai studied with Ishikawa Yukimoto, a painter of the traditional Kanō school. He gained repute as a colourist, particularly in his painting of actors (nigeo-e, “portraits”). His main works include the E-hon butai ōgi (“Picture Book of Stage Fans”), a work done with Suzuki Harunobu in 1770; the “Yamashita Kyōnosuke no ushiro men” (showing the dances of Yamashita Kyōnosuke); and the “Nakamura Matsue no shirotabi” (“White Cloth of Nakamura Matsue”).

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