Torii Kiyonobu I

Torii Kiyonobu I

Torii Kiyonobu I (c. 1664 - August 22, 1729) was a Japanese painter and printmaker in the ukiyo-e style, who is renowned for his work on Kabuki signboards and related materials. Along with his father Torii Kiyomoto, he is said to have been one of the founders of the Torii school of painting.Known in childhood as Shōbei, young Kiyonobu was the second son of the established Osaka kabuki actor and painter Torii Kiyomoto. He moved, with his father, to Edo (modern-day Tokyo) when he was twenty-four, and emerged there as a major artist with a unique style. Kiyonobu's work is regarded as being highly influenced by that of Hishikawa Moronobu (d. 1694), the father of ukiyo-e; Kiyonobu would also have been well-versed, as most major artists were at the time, in the styles of the Kanō and Tosa schools.

Torii Kiyonobu I

Torii Kiyonobu I

Torii Kiyonobu I

Torii Kiyonobu I

Torii Kiyonobu I

Torii Kiyonobu I

Torii Kiyonobu I

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Torii Kiyonobu I

Torii Kiyonobu I