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Torii Kiyomasu

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Torii Kiyomasu was a Japanese painter and printmaker of the Torii school, in the genre of ukiyo-e. Like the other Torii artists, his primary focus was on Kabuki billboards, advertisements, actor prints, and other related material. Many scholars believe Kiyomasu to have been the younger brother or son of Torii Kiyonobu I, one of the founders of the school, or to have been an alternate art-name (gō) for the same man.

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

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Artworks (13)

Scene From the Drama "Hatsu-tori Kuruma Genji"

1749 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

10 17/32 x 5 1/2 in. (26.8 x 14.0 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Susano-o no Mikoto Killing the Eight-headed Dragon

1748 · Color woodblock print; hosoban

31.9 × 4.7 cm (12 9/16 × 1 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actor Ichikawa Ebizo II casting a curse at the hour of the ox

1745 · Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e

32.2 × 14.9 cm (12 11/16 × 5 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actors Tamazawa Saijiro I as the pageboy Umezaburo and Segawa Kikunojo I as Oroku in the play "Sazareishi Suehiro Genji," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1744

1744 · Color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e

28.4 × 15 cm (11 3/16 × 5 7/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo I as Ochiyo and Matsushima Kichisaburo as Ochiyo's spirit in the play "Higashiyama Gojitsu Yaoya Hanbei," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eighth month, 1744

1744 · Color woodblock print; hosoban, benizuri-e

31.8 × 15.2 cm (12 1/2 × 6 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

The Actors Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Senjiro disguised as Kichisaburo and Nakamura Tomijuro I as Oshichi in the joruri "Midaregami Yoru no Amigasa," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1742

1742 · Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e

29.9 × 14.7 cm (11 3/4 × 5 3/4 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ichimura Kamezo in the role of Ise no Saburo

1738 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

10 1/2 x 5 17/32 in. (26.7 x 14.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Scene From a Drama, Ichimura Kamezo as Hirano-ya Tokubei

1738 · Woodblock print; ink and color on paper

12 1/32 x 5 5/8 in. (30.6 x 14.3 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo I as Hanjo in the play "Tsumagoi Sumidagawa," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the third month, 1733

1733 · Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e

30.7 × 15 cm (12 1/8 × 5 15/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Summer: Planting Rice (Natsu: taue no zu), No. 2 from the series "The Four Seasons of Farmers (Shiki no hyakusho)"

1730 · Hand-colored woodblock print; hosoban, urushi-e

33.7 × 16.1 cm (13 1/4 × 6 5/16 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Ichikawa Monnosuke as a Courtesan and Nakajima Mioemon Bursting Out of a Barrel

1720 · color woodblock print

Sheet: 32.8 x 16 cm (12 15/16 x 6 5/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

Fujimura Handayu as a Courtesan

1713 · hand-colored woodblock print

Sheet: 46.7 x 31.5 cm (18 3/8 x 12 3/8 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

A Beauty Carrying Two Buckets of Flowers

1696 · color woodblock print

Sheet: 17.5 x 17 cm (6 7/8 x 6 11/16 in.)

Cleveland Museum of Art

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13 published of 13 catalogued · 13 with image

Art Institute Chicago
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Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Met
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3 entries · 1 sources

Fujimura Handayu as a Courtesan
1713 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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A Beauty Carrying Two Buckets of Flowers
1696 · Cleveland · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Ichikawa Monnosuke as a Courtesan and Nakajima Mioemon Bursting Out of a Barrel
1720 · Cleveland · 1 prov
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