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Torii Kiyonaga

1752 - 1815

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Torii Kiyonaga (Japanese: 鳥居 清長; 1752 – June 28, 1815) was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist of the Torii school. Originally Sekiguchi Shinsuke, the son of an Edo bookseller, from Motozaimokuchō Itchōme in Edo, he took on Torii Kiyonaga as an art name. Although not biologically related to the Torii family, he became head of the group after the death of his adoptive father and teacher Torii Kiyomitsu. The master Kiyomitsu died in 1785; since his son died young, and Kiyotsune, Kiyonaga's senior, was a less promising artist, Kiyonaga was the obvious choice to succeed Kiyomitsu to leadership of the Torii school. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Torii Kiyonaga is the 1,137th most popular painter (down from 965th in 2019), the 905th most popular biography from Japan (down from 740th in 2019) and the 16th most popular Japanese Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Torii Kiyonaga ranks 1,137 out of 2,023. Before him are Wilhelm von Kaulbach, Zao Wou-Ki, Nicolas Froment, George Romney, Taddeo di Bartolo, and Frank Dicksee. After him are Antoine Caron, Martin van Meytens, Jenny Nyström, Ugolino di Nerio, Corneille Guillaume Beverloo, and Zdeněk Burian.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1752, Torii Kiyonaga ranks 23. Before him are John Nash, Sébastien Érard, Niccolò Antonio Zingarelli, Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre, Anton Walter, and Betsy Ross. After him are Alexander Tormasov, Andrey Razumovsky, François Isaac de Rivaz, Johann Friedrich Reichardt, Frances Burney, and Maurice d'Elbée. Among people deceased in 1815, Torii Kiyonaga ranks 23. Before him are Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Richard Bassett, Ahmad al-Tijani, James Gillray, Matthias Claudius, and Eberhard August Wilhelm von Zimmermann. After him are Solomon II of Imereti, John Singleton Copley, Guillaume Philibert Duhesme, Carl Johan Adlercreutz, Francesco Bartolozzi, and William Roxburgh.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Torii Kiyonaga ranks 905 out of 6,245. Before him are George Ohsawa (1893), Arai Hakuseki (1657), Peter Doi (1892), Fumiko Hayashi (1903), Masuzo Madono (null), and Yoshito Usui (1958). After him are Hidetoki Takahashi (1916), Yūko Tsushima (1947), Kenzo Yokoyama (1943), Hiroshi Yoshida (1958), Kunimitsu Takahashi (1940), and Takayoshi Yamano (1955).

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Among PAINTERS In Japan

Among painters born in Japan, Torii Kiyonaga ranks 16. Before him are Yoshitoshi (1839), Takashi Murakami (1962), Ogata Kōrin (1658), Kanō Eitoku (1543), Hasegawa Tōhaku (1539), and On Kawara (1932). After him are Kanō Motonobu (1476), Tawaraya Sōtatsu (1570), Torii Kiyonobu I (1664), Kanō Tan'yū (1602), Unkei (1151), and Tarō Okamoto (1911).

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