TORII Kiyonaga / 鳥居清長

Ukiyo-e painter, printmaker. Born in Uraga, son of a bookseller and publisher. Came to Edo in 1765,became a pupil of Torii Kiyomitsu. On the death of his teacher, was adopted by the Torii family, inhereting the estate and and becoming the last major member of the Torii school. From 1781 to 1788 the great ukiyo-e master, it seems that about 1790 he gave up print designing but continued to paint. He produced prints with bijin or stylish yong men shown in the tea houses, shops, streets of Edo but also of actors. Considerable influence from Harunobu, Koryusai and Shigenaga.

Roberts, Laurance, P. "A Dictionary of Japanese Artists", John Weatherhill Inc., New York, 1980, p.83