Kiyotsune Torii

Background

Kiyotsune Torii was born in 1780 in Japan.

Education

Kiyotsune Torii studied ukiyoe under Kiyomitsu Torii I, among whose disciples he was only second to Kiyonaga.

Career

Torii Kiyotsune was a distinguished painter of wood blocks and his paintings are suggestive of Harunobu Suzuki and Kiyomitsu Torii. Kiyotsune's work appeared from the end of the Hōreki era (1751-1764) to the end of the An'ei era (1772-1781), a time of great productivity from the Torii school. Kiyotsune produced yakusha-e portraits of kabuki actors with rounded linework in a style established by Kiyonobu II and Kiyomasu II.

Works

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  • The Actor Ichikawa Danzo in a Shibaraku Role

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  • Two Lovers: Sanokawa Ichimatsu as Ohana and Nakamura Denzo as Hanshichi

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  • Actors Iwai Hanshiro and Ichikawa Yaozo

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Connections

Father:

lemon Nakajimaya