tsunetaka

Updated: June 30, 2026

The first native school of decorative artists was the Yamato-ryu, founded in the eleventh century by Fujiwara Motomitsu and reaching the height of its powers in the twelfth century. In the thirteenth century Fujiwara Tsunetaka, a great painter of this school, took the title of Tosa. Under him the Tosa-ryu became the successor of the Yamato-ryu and carried on its work with more richness and charm.

F. (Frank) Brinkley - A History of the Japanese People : From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era