Born in Tokyo. In 1891 Kaburaki Kiyokata became a disciple of ukiyo-e painter Mizuno Toshitaka. From 1894 he began to work on newspaper illustrations. Later he formed Shikokai, then named Ugoukai, and from that group he published Ichiyo Joshi no Haka (The Grave of Authoress Higuchi Ichiyo”). He received the second award, which was the highest given, in the 9th Bun-ten exhibition. In 1917 he formed the Kinrei-sha artists’ group with Matsuoka Eikyu and others. In 1927 he submitted the work Tsukiji-Akashicho to the 8th Teiten exhibition, and was awarded the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts Prize. He received the Cultural Medal in 1954.