Torii Kiyonaga (1752-1815) (Kodansha Library of Japanese Art, No. 8)

Unpaginated. 32 color plates, 14 black-and-white plates. English text. Torii Kiyonaga, original name Sekiguchi Shinsuke, (born 1752, Sagami Province, Japan—died June 28, 1815, Edo [Tokyo]), one of the most important Japanese artists of the Ukiyo-e movement (paintings and wood-block prints of the “floating world”). He was the pupil of Torii Kiyomitsu and for a time headed the Torii school. So great, however, was his loyalty to the Torii family that he made his own son, a young painter with promise, stop painting in order not to interfere with the career of his master’s nephew Torii Kiyomine. - Britannica