▁ ▁Tour ▁W ins ▁See ▁external ▁link ▁below ▁for ▁details ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁ ▁Website ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : Austral ian ▁sur fers ▁Category : 1 9 8 0 ▁birth s ▁Category : L iving ▁people ▁Category : World ▁Sur f ▁League ▁sur fers <0x0A> </s> ▁I pp its us ai ▁B unch ō ▁( , ▁) ▁was ▁a ▁Japanese ▁u ki yo - e ▁artist , ▁best ▁known ▁for ▁his ▁y ak ush a - e ▁actor ▁prints ▁in ▁narrow ▁hos ob an ▁dimensions . ▁ ▁B unch ō ▁and ▁K ats uka wa ▁Sh un sh ō ▁are ▁cred ited ▁with ▁having ▁developed ▁k ab uki ▁actor ▁portrait ure ▁focus es ▁on ▁producing ▁li ken esses ▁of ▁the ▁subjects , ▁rather ▁than ▁s tere ot yp ed ▁faces . ▁ ▁Little ▁is ▁known ▁about ▁B unch ō ' s ▁life . ▁ ▁His ▁birth ▁surname ▁was ▁Mor i , ▁and ▁he ▁is ▁believed ▁to ▁have ▁studied ▁painting ▁under ▁I sh ik awa ▁Y uk im oto ▁of ▁the ▁Kan ō ▁school . ▁ ▁The ▁earliest ▁known ▁works ▁attributed ▁to ▁B unch ō ▁are ▁the ▁illustr ations ▁to ▁H ach imon ji ▁J ish ō   II ' s ▁E iga ▁as obi ▁n ida i ▁o to ko ▁( 1 7 5 5 ). ▁ ▁Between ▁ 1 7 6 6 ▁and ▁ 1 7 7 4 ▁he ▁made ▁a ▁large ▁number ▁of ▁actor ▁prints ▁in ▁the ▁narrow ▁vertical ▁hos ob an ▁dimensions . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 7 7