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Buncho, artist
Japanese, active 1765 - 1792
The Actor Nakamura Kiyosaburo as a Courtesan, from the book Ehon butai ogi, 1770
color woodcut
23.9 x 14.8 cm (image)
Carlotta Mabury Collection 1964.141.575

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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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