The Last Tosa: Iwasa Katsumochi Matabei, Bridge to Ukiyo-e

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among the celebrations generally shown in such screens is the Gion festival. This festival, according to Mizuo, is "the festival of the machishu.'"' The Gion festivals identification with the machishu stems from its unique position among Kyoto's ...

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Iwasa Katsumochi Matabei (1578-1650) is one of the most controversial figures in Japanese art history. Was he, as he asserted, the last Tosa (the Yamato-e school), or the founder of Ukiyo-e, the style of painting associated with the urban commoner class? This text discusses both arguments.

^ Sandy Kita (1999). The Last Tosa: Iwasa Katsumochi Matabei, Bridge to Ukiyo-e ISBN 9780824818265 (revised Dec 2015)