- ‘Beauty in a Black Kimono’, c. 1710-1720 by Torii Kiyonobu (1664-1729). Found on Wikipedia Commons.
Okay, I’m back. It’s been a long week. I have recovered from having abscessed teeth, an infection, and turning 42. Okay, you don’t exactly ‘recover’ from turning another year older, but since birthdays have never really bothered me, it actually helped me feel better. Besides, according to Douglas Adams’ Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy series, I am now ‘the answer’. Just don’t ask me what the question is. *grin*
Today’s image is artwork by one of the great Japanese printmakers of the Edo period, Torii Kiyonobu I, who, along with his father, was one of the founders of the Torii style / school of painting. I found this lady to be elegant and mysterious, which, I have to admit, is how I wish I was. I haven’t exactly reached that goal, but it never hurts to dream.
Torii Kiyonobu was born around 1664 in Osaka, the second son of actor and painter Torii Kiyomoto. He and his father moved to Edo
(modern day Tokoyo) around 1688, where Kiyonobu established himself as a painter and printmaker. The Torii school has had an association from the beginning, which continues to the present day, with the kabuki theaters. Much of Kiyomoto’s style is bold, partially because much of his work was posters and other material for the theaters.
Torii Kiyonobu’s son was also a printmaker and had the same name, and so they are refered to as Torii Kiyonobu I and II to differentiate them.
There is a brief article about him on the English Wikipedia, which you can read here.
Peace,
Bekka
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