Toriyama Sekien

(1712–1788) Japanese artist (1712–1788)

Toriyama Sekien (Japan, 1712–1788) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Toriyama Sekien belongs to the chapter ‘Edo: the floating world’ in this site’s history of art.

Toriyama Sekien died in Kamakura. Toriyama Sekien studied under Kanō Chikanobu. The students included Kitagawa Utamaro, Gessa, and Ensendō Sekichō.

The best-known works include ‘Gazu Hyakki Yagyō’, ‘Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki’, ‘Konjaku Hyakki Shūi’, and ‘Gazu Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro’. The works belong mainly to the genre ukiyo-e. The catalogue has 3 works by Toriyama Sekien with free images. The dated works span the years 1784–1792. Works by Toriyama Sekien are held by Art Institute of Chicago and Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Torii Kiyomasu II, Ishikawa Toyonobu, Sō Shiseki, Itō Jakuchū, and Ike no Taiga.

• Edo: the floating world