Torii Kiyonobu I.

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Torii Kiyonobu ( Japanese 鳥 居 清 信 , nickname Shōbē ( 庄 兵衛 ); born 1664 in Ōsaka ; died 1729 ) was a Japanese painter in the ukiyoe style during the middle Edo period . He founded the Torii school of Ukiyo-e.

life and work

Kiyonobu was born in Osaka as the son of Kabuki actor Torii Kiyomoto, but the family then moved to Edo, today's Tōkyō. His father was not only an actor, he also painted theater posters and other things related to the theater. Kiyonobu, who followed in the footsteps of Hishikawa Moronobu , became a professional ukiyoe artist, specializing in theater work like his father. His style reflects the theater performances of the Genroku period (1888–1704) very vividly. Due to the peculiarities of his depictions, it was said that his hands and feet resembled bottle gourds and that the lines resembled earthworms. This particular style, which emphasized the formal elegance of Kabuki, was also adopted by the later members of the Torii artist family, who remained leaders in this field for the next 70 years. In 1700, Kiyonobu published two voluminous books with printing: ( 風流よもの屏風 Fūryū yomo no byobu ) and ( 形成絵本 Keisei ehon ).

Kiyonobu also used elegant lines in his painted pictures. a. erotic representations included. His best-known pictures include the painting by the kabuki actor Tsutui Kichijūrō with his performance of a spear dance. ( 筒 井 吉 十郎 の 槍 踊 り Tsutsui Kichijūrō no yari-odori ) in the Nikaidō Ukiyoe Collection ( 二階 堂 浮世 絵 文庫 ) and a standing beauty ( 立 美人 Tachi bijin ) in the Tokyo National Museum .

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  Lady, painting

literature

• Inagaki, Shin'ichi: Torii Kiyonobu. In: Ukiyoe Nyūmon . Kawade, 1990, ISBN 4-309-72476-0 .
• Tazawa, Yutaka: Torii Kiyonobu . In: Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Art . Kodansha International, 1981, ISBN 0-87011-488-3 .
• Laurance P. Roberts: Torii Kiyonobu . In: A Dictionary of Japanese Artists . Weatherhill, 1976, ISBN 0-8348-0113-2 .

Web links

Commons : Torii Kiyonobu I  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

1. ↑ The print shows, like all prints at that time, in addition to black only vermilion- red = “red-image” ( 丹 絵 , Tan-e).
2. ↑ Japanese 瓢 篳 足 蚯蚓 描 き .
3. ↑ Currently Torii Kiyomitsu ( 鳥 居 清 光 ) continues the tradition.

Japanese name: As is common in Japan, the family name comes before the first name in this article . Thus Torii is the family name, Kiyonobu the first name.