Torii Kiyomasu - Take it

Japanese: 鳥居清倍 - とりいきよます

Ukiyo-e artist from the mid-Edo period. There are two generations: the first and second.

First generation

Dates of birth and death unknown. A representative artist of the early Torii school, he is considered to be on a par with the founder of the Torii school, the first Torii Kiyonobu. He is said to be Kiyonobu's son, but there is no definite proof, and he is also said to be his brother or the same person. He began to work in earnest around 1710 (7th year of the Hoei period), and at his peak around 1715 (5th year of the Shotoku period), he produced many paintings of actors full of heroic feeling that developed the Kiyonobu style, as well as refined and elegant portraits of beautiful women. Most of these are brush-painted works known as tan-e, and his representative works include "Ichikawa Danjūrō's Bamboo Extraction," "Kusazuribiki," "Shibaraku," "Zōbiki," and "The Prostitute and the Bald." He is believed to have died young, around 1720.

[Hidetake Asano]

2nd Generation

His birth and death years are unknown, but one theory is that he was born between 1706 and 1763. He was the adopted son of the first Kiyonobu (some say he was his daughter-in-law or biological son), and is said to be the second head of the Torii family. After the deaths of the first Kiyonobu and the first Kiyomasa, he was active as a central figure in the Torii school, working with the second Kiyonobu on crimson painting, lacquer painting, and red-printed painting.

[Hidetake Asano]

[Reference] | Ukiyo-e

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

江戸中期の浮世絵師。初代と2代がある。

初代

生没年未詳。鳥居派の始祖・初代鳥居清信と並び称される初期鳥居派の代表的絵師。清信の子とされるが確証はなく、兄弟あるいは同一人ともいわれる。1710年（宝永7）ごろから本格的に活躍、15年（正徳5）ごろを頂点として、清信様式を発展させた勇壮感に満ちた役者絵、洗練された優美な美人画を多作した。そのほとんどは丹絵(たんえ)とよばれる筆彩色作品で、代表作に『市川団十郎の竹抜き』、『草摺引(くさずりびき)』『暫(しばらく)』『象引(ぞうひき)』『遊女と禿(かむろ)』などがある。20年ごろに早世したものと推測される。

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