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*''Born: [[1617]]/10/23''
*''Died: [[1691]]/9/25''
*''Other Names'': 常昭 ''(Joushou)''; 藤満丸 ''(Fujimitsumaru)''
*''Japanese'': [[土佐]]光起 ''(Tosa Mitsuoki)''
Tosa Mitsuoki was a painter of the [[Tosa school]], and is credited with reviving the school in the early Edo period.
He was born in [[Sakai]], and moved with his father, [[Tosa Mitsunori]], to Kyoto in [[1634]]. At the age of 38, on [[1654]]/3/10, he was granted the [[court rank]] of Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下, ''jugoike''), and appointed [[ritsuryo|Lieutenant of the Left Palace Guards]] (左近衛将監, ''Sakonoe shôkan''). He was also made head court painter, a post which had been vacant since the [[1569]] death of [[Tosa Mitsunobu]], and revived the Tosa house/school, something his father Mitsunori had been desiring for a long time. At the same time, he took the tonsure, taking the monastic name Jôshô.
As construction was being performed on the [[Kyoto Imperial Palace|palace]] in the [[Joo|Jôô era]] (1652-55), Mitsuoki produced a number of paintings for walls and ''[[fusuma]]'' (''[[shohekiga|shôhekiga]]''), and worked as a court painter in other capacities. Studying the [[Chinese Imperial Painting Academy|Academic]] [[bird-and-flower painting]]s of [[Li Anzhong]], he became quite proficient at delicate depictions of birds; taking in elements of the style of the [[Kano school|Kanô school]], he was also widely active in producing [[emaki|handscrolls]], ''[[byobu|byôbu]]'' paintings, [[hanging scroll]] paintings, and works in other formats. He also systematized the Tosa school style, writing it down in the ''[[Honcho gaho daiden|Honchô gahô daiden]]''.
He is buried at [[Hyakumanben Chionji]] in Kyoto.
==References==
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%9C%9F%E4%BD%90%E5%85%89%E8%B5%B7 Tosa Mitsuoki]." ''Asahi Nippon rekishi jinbutsu jiten'' (朝日日本歴史人物事典, "Asahi Encyclopedia of Japanese Historical Figures"). Accessed via Kotobank.jp, 24 November 2010.
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]
*''Died: [[1691]]/9/25''
*''Other Names'': 常昭 ''(Joushou)''; 藤満丸 ''(Fujimitsumaru)''
*''Japanese'': [[土佐]]光起 ''(Tosa Mitsuoki)''
Tosa Mitsuoki was a painter of the [[Tosa school]], and is credited with reviving the school in the early Edo period.
He was born in [[Sakai]], and moved with his father, [[Tosa Mitsunori]], to Kyoto in [[1634]]. At the age of 38, on [[1654]]/3/10, he was granted the [[court rank]] of Junior Fifth Rank, Lower Grade (従五位下, ''jugoike''), and appointed [[ritsuryo|Lieutenant of the Left Palace Guards]] (左近衛将監, ''Sakonoe shôkan''). He was also made head court painter, a post which had been vacant since the [[1569]] death of [[Tosa Mitsunobu]], and revived the Tosa house/school, something his father Mitsunori had been desiring for a long time. At the same time, he took the tonsure, taking the monastic name Jôshô.
As construction was being performed on the [[Kyoto Imperial Palace|palace]] in the [[Joo|Jôô era]] (1652-55), Mitsuoki produced a number of paintings for walls and ''[[fusuma]]'' (''[[shohekiga|shôhekiga]]''), and worked as a court painter in other capacities. Studying the [[Chinese Imperial Painting Academy|Academic]] [[bird-and-flower painting]]s of [[Li Anzhong]], he became quite proficient at delicate depictions of birds; taking in elements of the style of the [[Kano school|Kanô school]], he was also widely active in producing [[emaki|handscrolls]], ''[[byobu|byôbu]]'' paintings, [[hanging scroll]] paintings, and works in other formats. He also systematized the Tosa school style, writing it down in the ''[[Honcho gaho daiden|Honchô gahô daiden]]''.
He is buried at [[Hyakumanben Chionji]] in Kyoto.
==References==
*"[http://kotobank.jp/word/%E5%9C%9F%E4%BD%90%E5%85%89%E8%B5%B7 Tosa Mitsuoki]." ''Asahi Nippon rekishi jinbutsu jiten'' (朝日日本歴史人物事典, "Asahi Encyclopedia of Japanese Historical Figures"). Accessed via Kotobank.jp, 24 November 2010.
[[Category:Edo Period]]
[[Category:Artists and Artisans]]