Tosa school
Tan'yū was also accomplished, however, in monochrome ink painting based on the prototypical style of the Muromachi period, "yamato-e" compositions in a style similar to that of the Tosa school, and Chinese style scrolls. His most famous "yamato-e" work is a narrative handscroll depicting the life of Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first Tokugawa shōgun and major figure in Japanese history. It was after this commission, in 1640, that the artist first took on the "artist name" of Tan'yū.