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Sugitani Yukinao was a court painter (''goyô eshi'') in service to the [[Hosokawa clan]] of [[Kumamoto han]]. His works include a ''Ryûkyûjin zagaku no zu'' and a ''Ryûkyûjin michigaku no zu'', scroll paintings depicting the [[1832]] [[Ryukyuan mission to Edo]] as it first entered the city, and then as members of the mission performed chamber music within the [[Satsuma Edo mansion]]. Both of these works are today held by the [[Eisei Bunko]].

Sugitani Yukinao was a court painter (''goyô eshi'') in service to the [[Hosokawa clan]] of [[Kumamoto han]]. His works include a ''Ryûkyûjin zagaku no zu'' and a ''Ryûkyûjin michigaku no zu'', scroll paintings depicting the [[1832]] [[Ryukyuan mission to Edo]] as it first entered the city, and then as members of the mission performed chamber music within the [[Satsuma Edo mansion]]. Both of these works are today held by the [[Eisei Bunko]].

Yukinao studied under [[Efuji Yoshiyuki]]<!--江藤良行--><ref>''Kikan Eisei Bunko'' 60 (1996), 7.</ref> of the [[Yano school]], and is also considered to fall within the Sekkoku branch of the school of [[Sesshu|Sesshû]]. As court painter, he occasionally traveled with the lord of Kumamoto to [[Edo]], and it was within such a context that he was able to witness and to paint these performances by the Ryukyuan mission.

Yukinao studied under [[Efuji Yoshiyuki]]<!--江藤良行--><ref>''Kikan Eisei Bunko'' 季刊永青文庫 60 (1996), 7.</ref> of the [[Yano school]], and is also considered to fall within the Sekkoku branch of the school of [[Sesshu|Sesshû]]. As court painter, he occasionally traveled with the lord of Kumamoto to [[Edo]], and it was within such a context that he was able to witness and to paint these performances by the Ryukyuan mission.

His son [[Sugitani Sessho|Sugitani Sesshô]]<!--杉谷雪樵--> became a famous painter in his own right, and is known to have accompanied ''[[karo|hittô karô]]'' (Chief Elder) of Kumamoto domain [[Matsui Teruyuki]]<!--松井章之--> to Edo in [[1856]].

His son [[Sugitani Sessho|Sugitani Sesshô]]<!--杉谷雪樵--> became a famous painter in his own right, and is known to have accompanied ''[[karo|hittô karô]]'' (Chief Elder) of Kumamoto domain [[Matsui Teruyuki]]<!--松井章之--> to Edo in [[1856]].