Tosa school
土佐派
Movement · school · late 12th century–19th century
The painters of the imperial court, keepers of yamato-e — painting of Japanese subjects in the Japanese manner, above all narrative handscrolls1. Dates. Founded at the end of the 12th century by Fujiwara no Tsunetaka; its foremost painter was Tosa Mitsunobu (1434–1525), who served the court through the Ōnin War2. Its yamato-e still inspired Kanō Osanobu in the 19th century and, with the Kanō tradition, the nihonga painters after 18803. Mason 2005, pp. 171, 312. ↩ Ebd., pp. 170–171. ↩ Ebd., pp. 312, 345. ↩ Literatur Mason 2005: Penelope E. Mason, History of Japanese Art, 2nd, Pearson Education LTD. 2005.