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Buncho, artist
Japanese, active 1765 - 1792
The actors Yamashita Yaozo and Ichikawa Yaozo II as Ono no Komachi and Godai Saburo in a Performance of theBook Washing Episode, 1770 - 1772
color woodcut
30.5 x 14.1 cm (image)
Carlotta Mabury Collection 1964.141.573

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Artist Biography: Ippitsusai Buncho. Go=Buncho, Hajintei, Soyoan. Ukiyo-e painter and printmaker in Edo. A samurai, persuaded in later life by his samurai friends to abandon printmaking.

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