Torii Kiyonaga (1752 to 1815), born Sekiguchi Shinsuke, was a Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock print master who adopted the Torii family name as his professional identity. He is considered one of the great masters of the full color nishiki-e print and of bijin-ga, or pictures of beautiful women, his work rivaling that of the earlier master Harunobu. He became head of the Torii school in 1787 after his adoptive father's death, reached his artistic peak in the 1780s, and continued producing prints until his final known work of 1813, two years before his death.
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Originally Sekiguchi Shinsuke, the son of an Edo bookseller, from Motozaimokuchō Itchōme in Edo, he took on Torii Kiyonaga as an art name.
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Torii Kiyonaga began his training under Torii Kiyomitsu in 1765 at the age of 14 years old.
In Group: Japanese Woodblock Print Masters, Lead
Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese: 鳥居 清長; 1752, June 28, 1815) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist of the Torii school.
Practices: Printmaking, Lead
was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist of the Torii school
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