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Born in Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 7th generation of the Torii school. Real name is Katsumi Ueno, a pupil of Kiyotada Torii IV. He studied theatrical painting of the Torii school under Seichu and took the name Chuga, and from 1943, he was in charge of signboards for the Kabuki-za Theater and the National Theatre of Japan. Published "Kumadori Jūhachiban" in 1941 as his representative work. In 1949, he was allowed to use the Torii family surname, and in 1952, he wrote "Kabuki Jūhachiban" in three volumes. His last work was "Yanagikagesawa no Hotarubi" by Nobuo Uno at the National Theatre 1970.

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