Tosa Mitsunobu

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Detail, Seikōji engi emaki (Illustrated Legends of Seikōji), Tokyo National Museum
Detail, Seikōji engi emaki (Illustrated Legends of Seikōji), Tokyo National Museum

Tosa Mitsunobu (土佐光信; 1434 – 1525) was a Japanese painter, the founder of the Tosa school of Japanese painting. Born into a family that had traditionally served as painters to the Imperial court, he was head of the court painting bureau from 1493 to 1496. In 1518 he was appointed chief artist to the Ashikaga shoguns.