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▪ I. Tosa, n.1|ˈtəʊsə|
The name of an aristocratic Japanese family of court painters used attrib. to designate (the products of) a school of painting characterized by the use of traditional themes and techniques, which flourished from the mid-fifteenth to the late-nineteenth century.
1879Trans. Asiatic Soc. Japan VII. 355 The reputation of the Tosa school was maintained during the progress of the Kano riu. 1909L. Binyon Jap. Art ii. 10 The typical Tosa picture was a long scroll (makimono) portraying scenes of battle, adventure, scenes of court life, or the lives of saints. 1952L. Warner Enduring Art of Japan vi. 64 It had been appropriate enough, for narrow Tosa scrolls..to use small patches of opaque colour set in cells of black ink. 1972Times 18 May 21/5 An album of hand paintings of the Tosa school..dating from the turn of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.
▪ II. Tosa, n.2|ˈtəʊsə|
[a. Tosa, the former name of a province on the island of Shikoku, Japan.]
A black, tan, or brindle mastiff of the breed of this name, originally developed as a type of fighting dog in Japan. Also attrib.
1945C. L. B. Hubbard Observer's Bk. Dogs 191 The Tosa..has been known for at least six centuries. 1966‘G. Black’ You want to die, Johnny? ii. 39 Taro, my Japanese Tosa hound..is a big brindle fighting dog. 1971Dangerfield & Howell Internat. Encycl. Dogs 309/2 Little effort has been made to keep the Tosa purebred until quite recently. Ibid., The modern Tosa dogs are about 28 inches tall..and weigh well over 100 lb. |