Torii Kiyotsune Explained

Torii Kiyotsune (Japanese: 鳥居 清経,) was a Japanese artist of the Torii school of ukiyo-e art.

Kiyotsune's birth and death dates are unknown; his personal name was Daijirō, and is believed to have been son of the publisher Nakajimaya Isaemon (Japanese: 中島屋 伊左衛門). 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.

His work is held in the permanent collections of many museums, including the Royal Ontario Museum,^[1] the Detroit Institute of Arts,^[2] the British Museum,^[3] the Harvard Art Museums,^[4] the Brooklyn Museum,^[5] the Metropolitan Museum of Art,^[6] the Los Angeles County Museum of Art,^[7] the Indianapolis Museum of Art,^[8] the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco,^[9] the Honolulu Museum of Art,^[10] and the University of Michigan Museum of Art.^[11]

References

Works cited

• Book: Japan Ukiyo-e Association. Genshoku Ukiyo-e Dai-Hyakka Jiten. ja:原色 浮世絵大百科事典 第６巻. Original Colour Grand Ukiyo-e Encyclopaedia. 6. 1982. Taishūkan Publishing.

External links

• • Torii Kiyotsune at ukiyo-e.org

Notes and References

1. Web site: Segawa Kikunojo II (1741-1773) as Oshichi & Bando Hikosaburo II (1741-1768) as Kichisaburo possibly in Yaoya Oshichi performed at Nakamura-za. 2021-02-12. collections.rom.on.ca. en.
2. Web site: Two Kabuki Actors as Lovers. 2021-02-12. www.dia.org. en.
3. Web site: illustrated book; print British Museum. 2021-02-12. The British Museum. en.
4. Web site: Harvard. From the Harvard Art Museums' collections TWO ACTORS COMPARING PEONIES. 2021-02-12. harvardartmuseums.org. en.
5. Web site: Brooklyn Museum. 2021-02-12. www.brooklynmuseum.org.
6. Web site: Torii Kiyotsune The Actor Iwai Hanshirō IV as Sakura Hime, the Cherry Princess Japan Edo period (16151868) . The Metropolitan Museum of Art . . 24 May 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230524072145/https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/56609?searchField=All&sortBy=Relevance&ft=Torii+Kiyotsune&offset=0&rpp=20&pos=1 . 24 May 2023 . en . live.
7. Web site: Scene from a Kabuki Play: Wrestling LACMA Collections. 2021-02-12. collections.lacma.org.
8. Web site: Ōtani Hiroji in the role of Yushima no Miyoshi. 2021-02-12. Indianapolis Museum of Art Online Collection. en.
9. Web site: 2015-05-08. Nakamura Riko as Shigenoi (Shigenoi Nakamura Riko) - Torii Kiyotsune. 2021-02-12. FAMSF Search the Collections. en.
10. Web site: Arashi Sangorō II As Itō Kurō Honolulu Museum of Art. 2021-02-12. honolulumuseum.org.
11. Web site: Exchange: Ichikawa Benzō I as Shintokumaru. 2021-02-12. exchange.umma.umich.edu.