Toriyama Sekien

He trained under Kanō Chikanobu.

As a teacher, Toriyama Sekien is recorded in connection with Kitagawa Utamaro, Gessa and Ensendō Sekichō. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.

Works recorded as notable number 4: Gazu Hyakki Yagyō, Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki, Konjaku Hyakki Shūi and Gazu Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro. His recorded genre is ukiyo-e.

10 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Their recorded dates run from 1775 to 1792.

Gazu Hyakki Yagyō. Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki. Konjaku Hyakki Shūi. Gazu Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro. calabash monster, dated 1784. Courtesan and Cherry Branch, dated 1786, held by Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1965.922. The Auspicious Noh Dance "Okina", dated 1792, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2015.300.135a–c. Japandemonium Illustrated. The Magnifying Glass, dated ca. 1775, woodblock print; ink and color on paper, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory JP1399. One Hundred Monsters Ancient and Modern (Hyakki shūi) 百鬼拾遺; 今昔百鬼拾遺(こんじゃく ひゃっき しゅうい) ; 百鬼夜行拾遺(ひゃっき やぎょう しゅうい), dated 1781, spring (An'ei 10), set of three woodblock printed books bound as one volume; ink on paper, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 2013.803.

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 4 named public collections.

Art Institute of Chicago: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

4 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

2. Natural History Of The Weird: Encyclopedias, Spooky Stories, And The Bestiaries Of Toriyama Sekien, Pandemonium and Parade, 2019. Natural History of the Weird: Encyclopedias, Spooky Stories, and the Bestiaries of Toriyama Sekien, Pandemonium and ParadeJapanese Monsters and the Culture of Yokai, 2008. Sekien, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Images of demonic old women in collections of illustrated scrolls of Toriyama Sekien, XXIV International Scientific Conference “China and East Asia: Philosophy, Literature,Culture”. June 7—8, 23., 2023.

This heading is established in Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) (1136396179). Those registers additionally record the forms Sano, Toyofusa, Gessō, Gyokujuen, 佐野豊房, Goryūdō, 佐野, 豊房, Sengetsudō and Reiryōdō.

5 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive.

Kaiji hiken (1805) — Internet Archive. Konjaku zoku hyakki (1805) — Internet Archive. Hyakki tsurezurebukuro (1805) — Internet Archive. Hyakki shūi (1805) — Internet Archive. Gazu Hyakki yagyō (1805) — Internet Archive.

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 23 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

This article draws on 6 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 6 means 6 genuinely separate publishers of record. 12 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

training under Kanō Chikanobu is recorded. Kitagawa Utamaro, Gessa and Ensendō Sekichō are recorded as having studied under Toriyama Sekien.

Subjects and genres recorded for the work are ukiyo-e.

Works named in the authority record are Gazu Hyakki Yagyō, Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki, Konjaku Hyakki Shūi and Gazu Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro.

Work by Toriyama Sekien is recorded in the collections of Art Institute of Chicago, National Museum of World Cultures and Metropolitan Museum of Art.