Torii Kiyotsune (鳥居 清経,fl. mid-18th century) was a Japanese artist of theTorii school ofukiyo-e art.
Kiyotsune's birth and death dates are unknown; his personal name was Daijirō, and is believed to have been son of the publisher Nakajimaya Isaemon (中島屋 伊左衛門). Kiyotsune's work appeared from the end of theHōreki era (1751–1764) to the end of theAn'ei era (1772–1781), a time of great productivity from the Torii school. Kiyotsune producedyakusha-e portraits ofkabuki actors with rounded linework in a style established byKiyonobu II andKiyomasu II.[1]
His work is held in the permanent collections of many museums, including theRoyal Ontario Museum,[2] theDetroit Institute of Arts,[3] theBritish Museum,[4] theHarvard Art Museums,[5] theBrooklyn Museum,[6] theMetropolitan Museum of Art,[7] theLos Angeles County Museum of Art,[8] theIndianapolis Museum of Art,[9] theFine Arts Museum of San Francisco,[10] theHonolulu Museum of Art,[11] and theUniversity of Michigan Museum of Art.[12]
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