Background
Kiyomoto Torii wasborn in 1645. The ancestor of the Torii family of ukiyoe painters of the Edo Period.
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Kiyomoto Torii
Edit Profile清元 鳥居
also known as
Torii Shōshichi
Career
Moving to Edo in 1687 with his son Shōbei, he made his home very close to the entertainment district. Kiyomoto Torii was unsuccessful onstage, like many other Osaka actors who tried to adapt to the Edo acting styles and audience preferences, so he turned to focus exclusively on painting advertisements and billboards for the kabuki theater.
Soon eclipsed by Shōbei, who took the name Torii Kiyonobu in his artistic career, the pair established a school of painting which strongly influenced that of the emerging ukiyo-e, and which monopolized the painting of kabuki signboards through the Edo period and into the 20th century. None of his work is known to survive today.
Connections
- Son:
- Kiyonobu Torii
