Japan 1982 Philatelic Week

From Stamps of the World
  • Issue Date: 20th April 1982
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Enjoying Snow Landscape of Matsuchi-yama, Painting by Torii Kiyonaga

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Torii Kiyonaga (1752 – June 28, 1815) was a Japanese ukiyo-e printmaker and painter of the Torii school. Originally Sekiguchi Shinsuke, the son of an Edo bookseller, he took on Torii Kiyonaga as an art-name (gō). Although not biologically related to the Torii family, he became head of the group after the death of his adoptive father and teacher Torii Kiyomitsu.