Miyagawa Isshō

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Born: 1689

Death: 1780

Biography:

Miyagawa Isshō (宮川 一笑, 1689 – 20 January 1780) was a Japanese painter in the ukiyo-e style, primarily depicting kabuki actors, geisha, sumo wrestlers, and other elements of everyday urban culture. He used several other names: Fujiwara Andō (藤原 安道), Kohensai (湖辺斎) and other his common name was Kiheiji (喜平治). The majority of Isshō's works that surviv...

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