Tosa’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.
Illustration of the Tale of Genji, chapter 5 Waka-Murasaki
Studio of Tosa Mitsuyoshi Japanese, 1539-1613
Illustration of the Tale of Genji, ch. 8 Hana no en
Autumn Maples with Poem Slips
Tosa Mitsuoki Japanese, 1617-1691
Flowering Cherry and Autumn Maples with Poem Slips
Articulated Dragon
Myochin School Japanese, active late 19th century
The Arms of the Family Kress von Kressenstein
Nuremberg School German, 16th century
Architectural Landscape with Belisarius Receiving Alms
Artist unknown (French, active 18th century)
Portrait of an Artist
The Birth of Bacchus
Artist unknown (British, active 18th century)
Triptych Window from the Coonley Playhouse, Riverside, Illinois
Frank Lloyd Wright American, 1867-1959
Backplate
Northern Italian
Side Chair
Netherlands
Still Life with Eggs and a Leg of Mutton
The Battle of St. James The Greater at Clavijo
school of Martin Schongauer German, c. 1430/50-1491
Shôki the Demon Queller, from an album of paintings of Shôki, Edo period (1615–1868)
Artist unknown Japanese
Glaive
Italian, possibly Brescia
Triple-Combed Burgonet
South German; Augsburg
Family in a Room
Saint Gregory as Author
Scriptorium of Weingarten Abbey South German (Swabia); founded 1056