Torii Kiyohiro
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Torii Kiyohiro (鳥居 清広, d. c. 1776) was a Japanese artist of the Torii school of ukiyo-e.
Kiyohiro's date of birth is unknown,[1] while Ukiyo-e Ruikō lists his death date as 1776. No other evidence of those dates are known.[2]
Kiyohiro's personal name was Shichinosuke (七之助). He lived in the Sakaimachi area of Edo (modern Tokyo) and was registered as a student of Torii Kiyomasu I and likely studied under Torii Kiyonobu II or Torii Kiyomasu II.[2] Ernest Fenollosa considered him "of almost equal ability with" his contemporary Torii Kiyomitsu, and speculated they may have been brothers.[3]
Kiyohiro's first known work appeared about 1751,[4] and the last about 1764. All of his known works are benizuri-e, and though the Torii school was known for its yakusha-e actor prints, Kiyohiro also specialized in bijin-ga prints of female beauties extending into some with erotic themes.[2] He specialized in designing prints in the ōban size.[4] Two of his major sponsors/printers were Sakai-ya of Hongoku-chō, and Hōsendō of Tōri Abura-chō, both in the close neighborhood of Ichimura and Nakamura kabuki theaters.[5]
- Quarrel over a game of Shogi [lower-alpha 1], Rijksmuseum
- Hashira-e[lower-alpha 2], Brooklyn Museum
- Three Street Vendors[lower-alpha 3]
- Ichikawa Danjuro IV (l) and Nakamura Tomijuro I (r)[lower-alpha 4]
- Flower-like Lovers under a partially-closed Umbrella,[lower-alpha 5] Brooklyn Museum
- Sanogawa Ichimatsu (r) and Nakamura Tomijuro with an abacus (l). Rijksmuseum[lower-alpha 6]
- Nakamura Kiyosaburo as Omutsu collecting sea shells. [lower-alpha 7]