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Kiyomasu II

1706–1763

Given name: Hanzaburō. Art surname: Torii.

Like Kiyomasu, Kiyomasu II’s life is also obscure. Works since 1719 signed “Kiyomasu” are believed to be by Kiyomasu II. However, the Torii family genealogy (Torii ga keifu kō; from the 1900s) states Kiyomasu II to have lived from 1706 to 1763, which would make him thirteen when he designed his earliest prints. We are also told that Kiyomasu II became the second-generation head of the entire Torii family, married in 1724, and later in his life moved from Naniwachō to Sumiyoshichō. However, the accuracy of the Torii family genealogy must be questioned as it does not distinguish between two generations of artists named Kiyomasu and therefore fails to explain who was the artist of several prints from the 1700s signed “Kiyomasu.”

Kiyomasu II’s style is similar to that of Kiyonobu II but he seems to have been even more active. He worked for at least eleven publishers, especially Igaya Kan’emon for whom he designed a number of series like “The Eight Sheets on the Eight Views of the Yoshiwara” (Yoshiwara hakkei hachimai no uchi). Very active in many genres, he was most prolific in actor prints. His range of works includes haribako-e (prints intended to be cut out) and hosoban (narrow format) but also prints in the ōban format, published in the 1750s. Kiyomasu II illustrated a number of books, for example “Crusade of the Fashionable Sightseers” (Fūryū urokuzu taiji; 1745) and “Abbreviated Figures of Famous Actors” (Yakusha meibutsu yatsushi sugata; 1757).

Kiyomasu II’s students included Kiyohiro (act. c.1752–60), Kiyotsune (act. c.1757–1778) and his second son, Kiyomitsu. Kiyomasu II is believed to have died aged 58, on the second day of the 11th month, 1763. He is buried in the Hōjōji, Asakusa, and received the posthumous name Seigon’in Sōrin Nichijō.

c.1718 The actor Tamazawa Rin’ya in an unidentified role. Hosoban tan-e. Publisher: Iseya Kinbei. Collection Peter Rieder. Mutō 2005, no. 435.

c.1730–35 “No. 2—Night rain at Edomachi” (Edomachi no yau), from the series “The Eight Sheets on the Eight Views of the Yoshiwara” (Yoshiwara hakkei hachimai no uchi). Hosoban beni-e. Publisher: Igaya Kan’emon. Collection Peter Rieder.

c.1740 “Three—Komachi at Kiyomizu Temple” (San—Kiyomizu Komachi), from the series “Seven Komachi” (Nana Komachi). Hosoban urushi-e. Publisher: Igaya Kan’emon. Library of Congress.

c.1710s “Shitaya-style, set of three—right” (Shitayafū sanpukutsui). Hosoban urushi-e. Publisher: Urokogataya Magobei. Collection Peter Rieder.

Late 1740s The actor Ichikawa Ebizō II in the role of Kinzaemon Yorikata in an unidentified play. Hosoban benizuri-e. Publisher: Maruya Kohei. Library of Congress. Unlisted in Mutō 2005.