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.

Young woman and gibbon
Torii Kiyomitsu I Japanese, 1735-1785

Evening Bell of Dojoji (Dojoji no bansho), no. 1 from the series "Eight Views of Children (Osana hakkei)"
Torii Kiyomitsu I Japanese, 1735-1785

The Harugoma Dance
Torii Kiyomitsu I Japanese, 1735-1785

The Actors Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Nagoya Sanzaburo and Ichimura Kamezo II in the play "Higashiyama-dono Kabuki no Tsuitachi," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1766
Torii Kiyomitsu I Japanese, 1735–1785

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II
Torii Kiyomitsu I Japanese, 1735–1785

A Young Woman Watching Frogs (parody of Ono no Tôfû)
Torii Kiyomitsu Japanese, 1735–1785

The Actors Ichikawa Raizo I as a peddler of tea whisks and Nakamura Matsue I as Yuya Gozen in the play "Daijobu Takadate Jikki," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1763
Torii Kiyomitsu I Japanese, 1735–1785

New Year's entertainers before standing screen of tiger
Torii Kiyomitsu I Japanese, 1735-1785

The Actors Segawa Kikunojo II as Ohatsu and Ichikawa Yaozo II as her lover Tokubei in the play "Yoni Osaka Nitsui no Meoto," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the second month, 1767
Torii Kiyomitsu I Japanese, 1735–1785

Ono no Komachi Washing the Copybook
Torii Kiyomitsu I Japanese, 1735-1785

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II as Shirabyoshi Renri in the play "Imayo Dojoji" performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1756
Torii Kiyomitsu I Japanese, 1735–1785

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II
Torii Kiyomitsu I Japanese, 1735–1785

The Actor Hanagawa Ichinojo as Akane Gozen in the play "Okunizome Shusse Butai," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1759
Torii Kiyomitsu I Japanese, 1735–1785

The Poet Sugawara no Michizane Riding an Ox
Torii Kiyomitsu I Japanese, 1735-1785

The Actor Ichikawa Komazo I in his rice cracker shop
Torii Kiyomitsu I Japanese, 1735–1785 and Torii Kiyotsune Japanese, active c. 1757-79

Chasing Fireflies
Torii Kiyomitsu I Japanese, 1735-1785

Beauties of the Three Capitals: Shimabara in Kyoto (right), Yoshiwara in Edo (center), and Shinmachi in Osaka (left)
Torii Kiyohiro Japanese, active c. 1737-76 and Torii Kiyomitsu I Japanese, 1735–1785

A Triptych (Sanpukutsui): Courtesans of the Pleasure Quarters of the Three Cities
Torii Kiyomitsu I Japanese, 1735-1785

The Actor Segawa Kikunojo II
Torii Kiyomitsu I Japanese, 1735–1785

The Actor Ichimura Uzaemon IX as Teraoka Heiemon in the play "Hoshi Aikotoba Higashiyama no Sakae," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the ninth month, 1763
Torii Kiyomitsu I Japanese, 1735–1785