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Kiyonaga

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Torii Kiyonaga was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist of the Torii school. Originally Sekiguchi Shinsuke, the son of an Edo bookseller, from Motozaimokuchō Itchōme in Edo, he took on Torii Kiyonaga as an art name. Although not biologically related to the Torii family, he became head of the group after the death of his adoptive father and teacher Torii Kiyomitsu.

Source: Artsy · Trust score: 85% · Updated 1mo ago

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Artworks (15)

Chrysanthemum festival, from the series "Precious Children's Games of the Five Festivals (Kodakara gosetsu asobi)"

1796 · Color woodblock print; oban

36.8 × 24.1 cm (14 1/2 × 9 1/2 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Boating Party on the Sumida River

1789 · Triptych of color woodblock prints

Overall: 35.6 x 23.8 cm (14 x 9 3/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Feast in the Komeikan Teahouse

1787 · paper

height: 365 cm, width: 246 cm, height: 375 cm, width: 249 cm

Rijksmuseum

Sawamura Sojuro III and Arashi Murajiro as Kusunoki Masatsura and Koto no Naishi

1786 · color woodblock print

Sheet: 38.2 x 25.4 cm (15 1/16 x 10 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Sode no maki

1785 · color woodcut on paper

width: 694 cm, height: 127 cm

Rijksmuseum

Brothel Client with Courtesan

1784 · color woodcut on paper

width: 375 cm, height: 254 cm

Rijksmuseum

Women Watching a Girl Dance on Shells (From the series Fashionable Presentations of Three Horses)

1784 · color woodblock print

Sheet: 36.3 x 24.8 cm (14 5/16 x 9 3/4 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Courtesan Holding a Dog (from the series Popular Presentations)

1783 · color woodblock print

Sheet: 68.6 x 11.5 cm (27 x 4 1/2 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Entertainment on a Balcony by the Water at Nakasu, from the series, A Collection of Beautiful Modern Women of the Pleasure Quarters

1783 · diptych: color woodblock print

Sheet: 38.2 x 25.4 cm (15 1/16 x 10 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Carrying a Lantern Decorated with the Flowers of the Four Seasons (Hirakawa-cho Yamamoto-cho shiki no hana mando) from the series "The Festival of the Sanno Shrine (Sanno go-sairei)"

1780 · Color woodblock print; chuban

26.2 × 19.7 cm (10 3/8 × 7 13/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Third Month (Sangatsu), from the series "Twelve Months in the South (Minami juni ko)"

1779 · Color woodblock print; oban diptych

39.1 × 51.3 cm (overall), 38.1 × 25.3 cm (right sheet), 39.0 × 26.0 cm (left sheet)

Art Institute of Chicago

A Lady with Three Servants, from the series "A Brocade of Eastern Manners (Fuzoku Azuma no nishiki)"

1778 · Color woodblock print; oban

39.6 × 26.8 cm (15 5/8 × 10 9/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The View from Komagata Hall, from the series "Eight Precincts of Kinryuzan Temple in Asakusa (Asakusa Kinruzan hakkei)"

1777 · Color woodblock print; chuban

26.2 × 19.6 cm (10 3/8 × 7 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Visiting (Kayoi), from the series "Floating World Versions of the Seven Komachi (Ukiyo Nana Komachi)"

1775 · Color woodblock print; chuban

25.6 × 18.7 cm (10 1/8 × 7 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Sixth Month (Minatsuki), from the series "Fashionable Twelve Months (Furyu juniko)"

1774 · Color woodblock print; koban

22.6 × 15.6 cm (8 15/16 × 6 3/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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15 published of 15 catalogued · 15 with image

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Cleveland Museum of Art
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Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 8)

8 entries · 1 sources

Feast in the Komeikan Teahouse
1787 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Sode no maki
1785 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Brothel Client with Courtesan
1784 · Rijksmuseum · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Courtesan Holding a Dog (from the series Popular Presentations)
1783 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Entertainment on a Balcony by the Water at Nakasu, from the series, A Collection of Beautiful Modern Women of the Pleasure Quarters
1783 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Sawamura Sojuro III and Arashi Murajiro as Kusunoki Masatsura and Koto no Naishi
1786 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Women Watching a Girl Dance on Shells (From the series Fashionable Presentations of Three Horses)
1784 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Boating Party on the Sumida River
1789 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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