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Torii Kiyonobu I

1664 - 1729

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Torii Kiyonobu I (Japanese: 鳥居 清信; c. 1664 – 22 August 1729) was a Japanese painter and printmaker in the ukiyo-e style, who is renowned for his work on kabuki signboards and related materials. Along with his father Torii Kiyomoto, he is said to have been one of the founders of the Torii school of painting. Known in childhood as Shōbei, young Kiyonobu was the second son of the established Osaka kabuki actor and painter Torii Kiyomoto, born in 1664. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Torii Kiyonobu I has received more than 33,508 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Torii Kiyonobu I is the 1,261st most popular painter (up from 1,375th in 2019), the 938th most popular biography from Japan (up from 1,026th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Japanese Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Torii Kiyonobu I ranks 1,261 out of 2,023. Before him are Louis Gallait, Jean Carzou, Francesco Granacci, Jan Rustem, Constant Permeke, and Giuseppe Amisani. After him are Orlan, Serge Poliakoff, Zacharie Astruc, George Dawe, Magnus Enckell, and Albertus Pictor.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1664, Torii Kiyonobu I ranks 15. Before him are Arvid Horn, Count Palatine Francis Louis of Neuburg, Johann Ernst III, Duke of Saxe-Weimar, János Pálffy, Alvise Pisani, and John Vanbrugh. After him are Margherita Maria Farnese, Marfa Apraksina, and Nicolas Fatio de Duillier. Among people deceased in 1729, Torii Kiyonobu I ranks 13. Before him are John Ernest IV, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, Johann David Heinichen, John William III, Duke of Saxe-Eisenach, Louis Antoine de Noailles, and Count Palatine Joseph Charles of Sulzbach. After him are Samuel Clarke, Giacomo F. Maraldi, Attilio Ariosti, William Congreve, Ernst Ludwig II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen, and Richard Steele.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Torii Kiyonobu I ranks 938 out of 6,245. Before him are Takuya Kimura (1972), Tadao Onishi (1943), Shōji Nishimura (1889), Kan Kikuchi (1888), Tomomi Seo (1950), and Tokugawa Nariaki (1800). After him are Futabatei Shimei (1864), Takeshi Obata (1969), Ryuzo Shimizu (1902), Matsumura Sōkon (1809), Takeshi Ono (1944), and Kuroda Seiki (1866).

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Among PAINTERS In Japan

Among painters born in Japan, Torii Kiyonobu I ranks 18. Before him are Takashi Murakami (1962), Kanō Eitoku (1543), Torii Kiyonaga (1752), Hasegawa Tōhaku (1539), Utagawa Toyokuni (1769), and Tawaraya Sōtatsu (1570). After him are Kuroda Seiki (1866), On Kawara (1932), Kanō Motonobu (1476), Tarō Okamoto (1911), Katsukawa Shunshō (1726), and Maruyama Ōkyo (1733).

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