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Tosa Mitsuoki was a painter of the [[Tosa school]], and is credited with reviving the school in the early Edo period.

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.

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 Mitsumoto]], 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]]''.

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]]''.