Artist

Tosa Mitsunari

1646–1710

132130

Works

Years lived

Painter

Style

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.

Selected works

132130 pieces

Battledore with design of figures

Attributed to Tosa Mitsunari Japanese 1646-1710

Autumn Maples with Poem Slips

Tosa Mitsuoki Japanese, 1617-1691

Flowering Cherry and Autumn Maples with Poem Slips

Tosa Mitsuoki Japanese, 1617-1691

Autumn Maples with Poem Slips

Tosa Mitsuoki Japanese, 1617-1691

Bamboo and Fences

Tosa Mitsuoki Japanese, 1617-1691

Muroto Promontory, Tosa (Tosa Murotozaki)

Kawase Hasui 川瀬巴水 Japanese, 1883-1957

Youth Playing Football

Tosa Mitsusuke Japanese, 1675-1710

Tale of Genji

Attributed to Tosa Mitsushige Japanese, 1496-about 1559

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

Studio of Tosa Mitsuyoshi Japanese, 1539-1613

Bamboo and Fences

Tosa Mitsuoki Japanese, 1617-1691

The Thirty Six Immortal Poets (Sanjurokkasen)

Tosa Mitsushige 土佐光重 Japanese, active c. 1390

Woman and two boys gathering abalone, from the series "The Tosa Diary (Tosa nikki)"

Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757–1820)

Pine Trees, from the series "Tosa Diary for the Shofudai, Hisakataya, and Bunbunsha (Shofudai Hisakataya Bunbunsha Tosa nikki)"

Kubo Shunman (Japanese, 1757–1820)

Famous Products of Tosa Province: Dried Bonito (Tosa meibutsu, katsuobushi), section of sheet no. 16 from the series "Cutout Pictures of the Provinces (Kunizukushi harimaze zue)"

Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 Japanese, 1797-1858

Yakuza, Bar Scene, Kochi City, Japan, from the series "Tosa Late Night Diary and Uncle"

Kazuo Sumida Japanese, born 1952

Otatsu-san, at Bar Nobara, Kochi City, Japan, from the series "Tosa Late Night Diary and Uncle"

Kazuo Sumida Japanese, born 1952

Otatsu-san, at Bar Nobara, Kochi City, Japan, from the series "Tosa Late Night Dianry and Uncle"

Kazuo Sumida Japanese, born 1952