Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

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Torrii Kiyonaga

Birthname: Sekiguchi Shinsuke
Alias: Torii Kiyonaga
Nationality: Japanese
Date of birth: 1752
Date of death: 1815
Category: artist

Identity:

A pre-eminent Japanese ukiyo-e artist of the Torii school.

Life:

Paintings by Whistler thought to have been influenced by Kiyonaga include Variations in Flesh Colour and Green: The Balcony y056, and Kiyonaga's Cool of the Evening by the Sumida River relates to the composition of both Symphony in Blue and Pink y086 and Variations in Blue and Green y084.

Bibliography:

The Grove Dictionary of Art Online, ed. L. Macy ; 'Torii Kiyonaga', Wikipedia.