Torii’s work is defined by its japanese (culture or style) sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.
A Hawk Capturing a Crane in Flight
Attributed to Torii Kiyomasu I Japanese, active c. 1704–18 (?)
Actor as a Standing Beauty
Torii Kiyomasu I Japanese, active c. 1704-18
Sakata Kintoki Wrestling with a Tengu
Torii Kiyomasu I (Japanese, active c. 1704–18)
Sparrowhawk (Konori taka)
Torii Kiyomasu I Japanese, active c. 1704–18 (?)
The Actor Nakamura Gentaro as a woman playing battledore and shuttlecock
The Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke I and Tamazawa Rinya
Standing Figure of a Woman
Two Actors in a Drama
Torii Kiyomasu I Japanese, active c. 1704–18
A Hawk on a Cliff near a Kiri Tree
The Actor Fujimura Handayu II as Oiso no Tora
Sparrowhawk and Macaw (Konori taka, inko)
Scene from the Drama "Lyric Dance of Shizuka Gozen (Taihei Shizuka Horaku no mai)"
The Actor Uemura Kaemon (?)
The Actor Tsutsui Kichijuro
A Playbill for the Ichimura Theater
The Actors Nakamura Takesaburō as Kewaizaka no Shōshō and IchikawaDanjurō II as Soga Gorō
Torii Kiyomasu I Japanese, active 1704–18
The Actors Ichimura Tamagashiwa I as Iwaki Hime, Murayama Heiemon III as Katsuta Jiro, and Katsuyama Matagoro as Minamoto no Yoshiie in the play "Yoroi Kurabe Oshu Kogane," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1716
The love story of O-yuri and Ohara Iori (no title)
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
Torii Kiyomasu II Japanese, 1706 (?)–1763 (?)
Susano-o no Mikoto Killing the Eight-headed Dragon