Torii Kiyosige I

There was no information left about the life of Torii Kiyosige, except that he lived and worked in Edo , having entered Torii Kyyonobu’s workshop in 1724 and worked there until the mid-1760s.

Torii Kiyosige in his works followed the tradition of the Torii school, creating portraits of actors and beauties. Also, the work of Okumura Masanobu strongly influenced him , followed by Kiyosige used a vertical format (hasirae-ban), a benizuri-e printing technique, which allowed adding green and pink colors to the ink. Another printing technique in which Kiyosige worked was the Urusi-e ( varnish pictures ): applying bone glue on red and black colors, giving the effect of a varnish coating ^[1] .

In the composition, Kieseige most often performed 1-2 characters in free space, occupying about three-fourths of the figure. The upper part was given under the poetic inscription.

Torii Kiyosige I was also known as an illustrator of children's books and comic novels (kokkeibon).

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  Actor Ishikawa Dandzuro as Yanone Soga-no Goro. 1729

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  Actors Ogino Idzaburo from Kyoto and Sadoshima Tegoro. 1731

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  Actors Ichikawa Masugoro in the role of Yonosuke and Sodesaki Kikutaro in the role of a washing woman. 1731

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  Actor Sanogawa Itimatsu I. 1742

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  Actor Ichikawa Ebizo as Bunsin Yanone Goro. 1754

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  Actor Sawamura Sozyuro (Kosan) in the role of Fouva Bandzaemona. 1757

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  Actor Sawamura Sozyuro II in the role of Ume no Yoshibeya. 1763

• Julius Kurth: Geschichte des japanischen Holzschnitts . 3 Bände, Leipzig 1925–1929
• Roger Goepper: Meisterwerke des japanischen Farbholzschnitts . Ostfildern 1982, ISBN 3-7701-0717-9
• Gabriele Fahr-Becker (Hrsg.): Japanische Farbholzschnitte . Köln 2007, ISBN 978-3-8228-3473-2

• Works of the artist on ukiyo-e.org