 The Torii family had already been active in the kabuki world, in Osaka, for several generations at this point.He studied under Yoshida Hanbei and Hishikawa Moronobu, and brought a kabuki sensibility to their artistic styles.Moronobu's work was already dramatic and energetic, but Kiyonobu added to this with a further emphasis on action, and on the types of poses (see "mie") and aesthetics one would see on the kabuki stage.