Tosa Mitsunori

Japanese: 土佐光則 - とさみつのり

[Born] Tensho 11 (1583)
[Died] January 16, 1638. Kyoto. A Yamato painter of the early Edo period. Commonly known as Genzaemon. His pen names are said to be Munehito, Munekin, and Muneon. He was the son (or disciple) of Tosa Mitsuyoshi, and like Mitsuyoshi, is thought to have lived in Sakai and had connections with the Kano school. He participated in the production of the Taima Mandala Engi Emaki (1616) owned by the Noshi family. In Kan'ei 11 (34), he moved to Kyoto with his son Mitsuoki and hoped to become a court painter, which was granted during Mitsuoki's reign. He produced the Genji Kaiga-cho (Collection of Paintings of Genji) (Tokugawa Art Museum), Ete-kagami (Tokyo National Museum), and Hakubyo Genji Monogatari Ga-cho (Collection of Paintings of the Tale of Genji) (Freer Gallery of Art) with meticulous depictions.

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Japanese:

[生]天正11(1583)
[没]寛永15(1638).1.16. 京都
江戸時代初期のやまと絵画家。通称源左衛門。号は宗仁，宗愬，宗恩が伝わる。土佐光吉の子 (または門人) で，光吉と同様に堺にあって狩野派と関係をもっていたと考えられ，熨斗 (のし) 家蔵の『当麻曼荼羅縁起絵巻』 (1616) の制作に参加。寛永 11 (34) 年に子光起とともに京都に移って宮廷絵所職を望んだが，光起の代にかなえられた。細密な描写で『源氏絵画帖』 (徳川美術館) ，『絵手鑑』 (東京国立博物館) ，『白描源氏物語画帖』 (フリーア美術館) を描いた。

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