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Torii Kiyomitsu

1735–1785 · Japanese

Born
1735 · Tokyo
Died
1785

38 works in the Collect24 Registry

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Torii Kiyomitsu was a painter and printmaker of the Torii school of Japanese ukiyo-e art and the third head of the school. He divided his work between actor prints and bijinga, primarily using the benizuri-e technique.

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Torii Kiyomitsu (鳥居 清満; 1735 – May 11, 1785) was a painter and printmaker of the Torii school of Japanese ukiyo-e art; the son of Torii Kiyonobu II or Torii Kiyomasu II, he was the third head of the school, and was originally called Kamejirō before taking the gō Kiyomitsu. Dividing his work between actor prints and bijinga (pictures of beautiful women), he primarily used the benizuri-e technique prolific at the time, which involved using one or two colors of ink on the woodblocks rather than hand-coloring; full-color prints would be introduced later in Kiyomitsu's career, in 1765. Though scholars generally note his kabuki prints as lacking originality, they see a grace, beauty, and "dream-like quality" in his prints of young men and women which, at times, rivals that of the work of Suzuki Harunobu, who was just beginning his career at this time. Kiyomitsu continued to produce the billboards and other kabuki-related materials which were the domain of the Torii school, and in those works he was quite traditional and retrospective in his style. However, he was more or less the first Torii artist to experiment outside that field, and to truly emerge into the wider mainstream of ukiyo-e styles, adapting to the use of new techniques and popular subjects. Overall, it is said that the workshop flourished under his direction, but the core "Torii style" was not truly changed or advanced. Two of his greatest pupils were Torii Kiyotsune, who faithfully continued the Torii traditions, and Torii Kiyonaga, who went on to be a master and innovator in his own right.

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Torii Kiyomitsu, Segawa Kikunojo (Roko) Holding an Umbrella

Torii Kiyomitsu

Segawa Kikunojo (Roko) Holding an Umbrella, c. early 1760s

color woodblock print

40 × 17.6 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-197270

Torii Kiyomitsu, Sanokawa Ichimatsu I in Grayish Blue and Rose Walking Toward the Left

Torii Kiyomitsu

Sanokawa Ichimatsu I in Grayish Blue and Rose Walking Toward the Left, 1756

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

31.1 × 14.3 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-266013

Torii Kiyomitsu, The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro in the Role of Koshizuka

Torii Kiyomitsu

The Actor Nakamura Tomijuro in the Role of Koshizuka, ca. 1767

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

30.2 × 13.7 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-253611

Torii Kiyomitsu, Scene from the Drama "Matsu wa tai fusuma no wakesato"

Torii Kiyomitsu

Scene from the Drama "Matsu wa tai fusuma no wakesato", 1757 or 1758

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

32.1 × 14.6 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-235396

Torii Kiyomitsu, Children Play-acting a Daimyo Procession

Torii Kiyomitsu

Children Play-acting a Daimyo Procession, ca. 1763

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

30.8 × 41.9 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-235390

Torii Kiyomitsu, The Actor Bando Hikosaburo II Holding a Bow and Arrows

Torii Kiyomitsu

The Actor Bando Hikosaburo II Holding a Bow and Arrows, 1766

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

38.1 × 17.8 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-235345

Torii Kiyomitsu, A Tall Young Man Carrying a Bamboo Rake Over His Left Shoulder

Torii Kiyomitsu

A Tall Young Man Carrying a Bamboo Rake Over His Left Shoulder, ca. 1763

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

70.8 × 10.2 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-263985

Torii Kiyomitsu, The Actor Onoya Matsusuke, in Female Robe of O-Kane, Adjusts the Comb in His Hair

Torii Kiyomitsu

The Actor Onoya Matsusuke, in Female Robe of O-Kane, Adjusts the Comb in His Hair, 1735–1785

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

30.8 × 14 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-263993

Torii Kiyomitsu, The Actor Bandō Hikosaburō II as a Komuso in the Role of Sōga no Gorō Tokimune

Torii Kiyomitsu

The Actor Bandō Hikosaburō II as a Komuso in the Role of Sōga no Gorō Tokimune, ca. 1764

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

54.3 × 10.5 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-263982

Torii Kiyomitsu, A Beautiful Woman

Torii Kiyomitsu

A Beautiful Woman, 1735–1785

color woodblock print

65.4 × 9 cm

Cleveland Museum of Art

C24-496355

Torii Kiyomitsu, Ichikawa Danjuro IV in the Role of Okazaki Akushiro

Torii Kiyomitsu

Ichikawa Danjuro IV in the Role of Okazaki Akushiro, ca. 1755

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

31.1 × 14.3 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-263903

Torii Kiyomitsu, The Fourth Imai Hanshiro in the Role O Hatsu in "Sakaicho Soga Nendaiki"

Torii Kiyomitsu

The Fourth Imai Hanshiro in the Role O Hatsu in "Sakaicho Soga Nendaiki", 2nd month, 1771

Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

31.1 × 13 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

C24-252953

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