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.

The Actors Ichikawa Ebizo II as Mushanosuke, 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
Torii Kiyonobu II Japanese, active c. 1725-61

The Actors Ichimura Kamezo I as Urashima Taro and Takinaka Hidematsu I as Kanemoto Gozen in the play "Ichi no Tomi Seiwa Nendaiki," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the fifth month, 1746
Torii Kiyonobu II Japanese, active c. 1725-61

The Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke I and Dekijima Daisuke II
Torii Kiyonobu II Japanese, active c. 1725-61

The Actors Otani Oniji I as Soga no Goro and Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as the sister of Yoshinaka in the play "Fuji no Yuki Mitsugi Soga," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1746
Torii Kiyonobu II Japanese, active c. 1725-61

The Actors Ichimura Uzaemon VIII as Oguri Hangan and Segawa Kikunojo I as Terute no Mae in the play "Mangetsu Oguri Yakata," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eighth month, 1747
Torii Kiyonobu II Japanese, active c. 1725-61

The Actors Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Ike no Shoji and Segawa Kikujiro I as Hitachi Kohagi in the play "Mangetsu Oguri Yakata," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eighth month, 1747
Torii Kiyonobu II Japanese, active c. 1725-61

The Actors Yamamoto Iwanojo as the courtesan Katsuragi and Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Fuwa Bansaku in the play "Monzukushi Nagoya Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1748
Torii Kiyonobu II Japanese, active c. 1725-61

The Actors Onoe Kikugoro I (right), Sanogawa Ichimatsu I (center), and Sanogowa Senzo (left), from the triptych "Negura sanpukutsui"
Torii Kiyonobu II Japanese, active c. 1725-61

The Actors Ichikawa Monnosuke I as Minamoto no Yoshiie and Sodesaki Iseno I as Onoe no Mae in the play "Kaomise Junidan," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1726 (?)
Torii Kiyonobu II Japanese, active c. 1725-61

The Actor Ichimura Kamezo I as Soga no Goro in the play "Hatsugoyomi Kotobuki Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1745 (?)
Torii Kiyonobu II Japanese, active c. 1725-61

The Actors Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Minamoto no Yorimasa and Segawa Kikujiro I as Nobutsura's wife Karumo in the play "Shusse Momijigari," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eleventh month, 1747
Torii Kiyonobu II Japanese, active c. 1725-61

The Actors Bando Hikosaburo I as Araki Shozaemon and Nakamura Sukegoro I as Daidoji Tahatanosuke in the play "Chigozakura Futabajikki," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the tenth month, 1746
Torii Kiyonobu II Japanese, active c. 1725-61

The Actor Yamashita Kinsaku holding a puppet of the Empress in the play "Diary Kept on a Journey by Sea to Izu (Funadama Izu Nikki)," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the first month, 1725
Torii Kiyonobu II Japanese, active c. 1725–61

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Ike no Shoji in the play "Mangetsu Oguri Yakata," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the eighth Month, 1747
Torii Kiyonobu II Japanese, active c. 1725-61

The Actor Uemura Kichisaburo as the Third Princess in the play "Wakoku Gosuiden," performed at the Morita Theater in the third month
Torii Kiyonobu I Japanese, 1664-1729

The Actors Fujikawa Heikuro as Masamune and Matsushima Kichisaburo as Rai Kunitsugu in the play "Shin Usuyuki Monogatari," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the sixth month, 1746
Torii Kiyonobu II Japanese, active c. 1725-61

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Soga no Goro in the play "Monzukushi Nagoya Soga," performed at the Ichimura Theater in the first month, 1748
Torii Kiyonobu II Japanese, active c. 1725-61

The Actors Ichikawa Masugoro as Kusunoki Masatsura and Hayakawa Denshiro as Shinzaemon in the play "Hachijin Taiheiki," performed at the Nakamura Theater in the eleventh month, 1727
Torii Kiyonobu II Japanese, active c. 1725-61

A Priest Sweeping in the Snow
Torii Kiyonobu II Japanese, active c. 1725-61

The Actor Sanogawa Ichimatsu I as Kumenosuke and Takinaka Hidematsu I as Oume, from "Sharing an Umbrella: A Triptych (Aigasa sanpukutsui)"
Torii Kiyonobu II Japanese, active c. 1725-61