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Torii Kiyomoto was a [[kabuki]] actor from [[Osaka]] and painter of billboards and other kabuki advertisements; the founder of the [[Torii school]] of artists, he painted in what would come to be known as an early form of the ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' style. Onstage, he went by the name Torii Shôshichi.

Torii Kiyomoto was an ''[[onnagata]]''<ref>Mason, Penelope. ''History of Japanese Art''. Second Edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005. p280.</ref> [[kabuki]] actor from [[Osaka]] who was also active in painting billboards and other kabuki advertisements;. The founder of the [[Torii school]] of artists, he painted in what would come to be known as an early form of the ''[[ukiyo-e]]'' style. Onstage, he went by the name Torii Shôshichi.

Moving to [[Edo]] in [[1687]] with his son [[Torii Kiyonobu|Shôbei]], he made his home very close to the entertainment district. He was unsuccessful onstage, like many other Osaka actors who tried to adapt to the Edo acting styles and audience preferences, so he turned to focus exclusively on painting advertisements and billboards for the kabuki theater. Soon eclipsed by Shôbei, who took the name Torii Kiyonobu in his artistic career, the pair established a school (style) of painting which would strongly influence that of the emerging ''ukiyo-e'', and which would monopolize the painting of kabuki signboards through the [[Edo period]] and into the 20th century.

Moving to [[Edo]] in [[1687]] with his son [[Torii Kiyonobu|Shôbei]], he made his home very close to the entertainment district. He was unsuccessful onstage, like many other Osaka actors who tried to adapt to the Edo acting styles and audience preferences, so he turned to focus exclusively on painting advertisements and billboards for the kabuki theater. Soon eclipsed by Shôbei, who took the name Torii Kiyonobu in his artistic career, the pair established a school (style) of painting which would strongly influence that of the emerging ''ukiyo-e'', and which would monopolize the painting of kabuki signboards through the [[Edo period]] and into the 20th century.

*[[Money Hickman|Hickman, Money]] (1993). "Enduring Alliance: The Torii Line of Ukiyo-e Artists and Their Work for the Kabuki Theatre." ''Fenway Court'', 1992. Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.

*[[Money Hickman|Hickman, Money]] (1993). "Enduring Alliance: The Torii Line of Ukiyo-e Artists and Their Work for the Kabuki Theatre." ''Fenway Court'', 1992. Boston: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum.

*[[Richard Lane|Lane, Richard]] (1978). "Images of the Floating World." Old Saybrook, CT: Konecky & Konecky.

*[[Richard Lane|Lane, Richard]] (1978). "Images of the Floating World." Old Saybrook, CT: Konecky & Konecky.

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