Yukinao's style has been placed within the lineages of the [[Yano school]], and of 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's style has been placed within the lineages of the [[Yano school]], and of 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. |