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The Actors Sawamura Sojuro II and Ichimura Kichigoro in Unidentified Roles Wall Art
ART BY: Ippitsusai Buncho
The Actors Sawamura Sojuro II and Ichimura Kichigoro in Unidentified Roles Wall Art
ART BY: Ippitsusai Buncho
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"The Actors Sawamura Sojuro II and Ichimura Kichigoro in Unidentified Roles" by Ippitsusai Buncho, c. 1768/70. Color woodblock print; hosoban. Original high-resolution public-domain artwork from The Art Institute of Chicago.
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| Artist | Ippitsusai Buncho |
| Year | c. 1768/70 |
| Medium | Color woodblock print; hosoban |
| Origin | Art Institute of Chicago |
| Original Size | 30.9 × 14.7 cm (12 3/16 × 5 13/16 in.) |
| Category | Prints |
| Style | Japanese (culture or style) |
| Color | Beige |
| Resolution | 1096x2250 |
| Orientation | Portrait |
| File Type | High-resolution JPG |
| Source | Public domain, restored by Archive Lane |
| License | Personal & commercial use, no attribution required |
| Delivery | Instant digital download |
| SKU | 377058 |
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The Actors Sawamura Sojuro II and Ichimura Kichigoro in Unidentified Roles is a color woodblock print; hosoban by Ippitsusai Buncho (1725–1794), dated c. 1768/70. The artist is catalogued as Japanese. The original is held by the Art Institute of Chicago, and the file offered here measures 1096 × 2250 px (0.8 MB). You will find it among Prints and Japanese (culture or style), in portrait format. Archive Lane holds 71 works by Ippitsusai Buncho, a Japanese artist.
Ippitsusai Bunchō was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist, best known for his yakusha-e actor prints in narrow hosoban dimensions. Bunchō and Katsukawa Shunshō are credited with having developed kabuki actor portraiture focuses on producing likenesses of the subjects, rather than stereotyped faces.
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