Tosa Hirokane

Japanese: 土佐広周 - とさ・ひろかね

Years of birth: Years of birth and death unknown. A Tosa school painter from the mid-Muromachi period. His name can also be read as "Hirochika." He was the son of Tosa Yukihiro and called himself Danjo. Records remain from 1439 (Eikyō 11) to 1492 (Meiō 1). In 1487 (Chokyō 1), he became a monk and took the posthumous Buddhist name of Kyozo. His court-related paintings include the creation of the principal image for the 7th anniversary memorial service for Gokomatsu-in (1439), which earned him the estate of Tanba Sanka Kita-sho (Taki County, Hyogo Prefecture). There are also records of him creating the principal image of Fugen (1471) for the 100th day memorial service for Gohanazono-in, and the Jizo statue for the memorial service for Karakumon-in (1488), but it is unclear whether he was appointed as a court painter. He approached the Muromachi Shogunate and was granted land including the former site of Joko-bo Temple at Konsho-ji Temple (1459), during which he painted a picture of a sake cup stand for Ashikaga Yoshimasa (1465). His "Ame-no-wakahiko-zoshi" (owned by the Museum of East Asian Art, Berlin) is considered to be the only original work. His style was characteristic of his father, Yukihiro, who was clear and gentle. Records also show that he collaborated with his son, Yukisada, on the "Illustrated Scroll of Saint Myoe" (1479).

(Masahiko Aizawa)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

生年：生没年不詳
室町中期の土佐派の絵師。「ひろちか」とも読む。土佐行広の子で,弾正を名乗る。永享11(1439)年より明応1(1492)年までの記録が残る。長享1(1487)年には入道し,法名を経増といった。宮廷関係の作画に後小松院7回忌法要の本尊制作(1439)があり,これによって丹波三箇北荘内(兵庫県多紀郡)の所領を得たほか,後花園院百カ日法要の本尊普賢像(1471),嘉楽門院追善用の地蔵像(1488)制作などの記録があるが,宮廷絵所絵師に任命されたか否かは未詳。むしろ室町幕府に接近し,金勝寺定光坊跡などの所領を下付されており(1459),足利義政の盃台絵(1465)を描いた。「天稚彦草子」(ベルリン東洋美術館蔵)が唯一の真筆とみなされる。作風は平明,穏和な父行広の特徴を継いでいる。また記録には子の行定と合作した「明恵上人絵巻」(1479)も知られる。

(相澤正彦)

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