Nara Toshinaga

The Met: The artist Toshinaga (利寿・利壽), first name Tabei (太兵衛) was born in Kanbun seven (寛文, 1667) and studied, depending on source, either with the third or the fourth Nara (奈良) School master, Toshiharu (利治) and Toshinaga (利永) respectively. Taking into consideration the fact that Toshiharu was born in Buroku two (文緑, 1593) (his year of death is unknown), it seems to be more likely that Toshinaga was his master. Toshinaga, whose name is homophonous with that of his master but written with a different character for Naga, was based in Edo and died in the first year of Genbun (元文, 1736).