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Date: 1926 - 76
Size : Shikishi
Detail : Painting on Shikishi / With original folder / Slight foxing
This artwork is painted on the Shikishi. -Shikishi is a square thick paper.
The lively lines show us his solid technique.
The Torii school of painting has continued from the middle of the Edo period to the present day and is a hereditary school that paints Kabuki signs.
Kotondo's father was Torii Kiyotada IV, the seventh generation of the Torii family. Kotondo first learned the techniques of the Torii school, such as painting signs for Kabuki-za, from his father Kiyotada, and then studied Japanese painting under KOBORI Tomoe, and later studied beauty painting under KABURAKI Kiyokata. and his Shinhanga, which are said to surpass those of ITO Shinsui, have attracted collectors around the world.
From around 1923, he began to publish paintings of beautiful women under the name Masahiko. In 1929, he assumed the name of the eighth generation of the Torii school. Around 1935, he changed his name to Kiyokoto. In 1941, after the death of his father, he took the name Kiyotada V. Since the beginning of the Showa era, he has been involved in Torii-ha plays, actors' signboard paintings, and other works.