Born in Kyoto. His real family name was Komai, given name Ki. His nickname was Yukinosuke. Studied under Maruyama Okyo and mastered the secrets of his technique. He was particularly skilled at painting beautiful Chinese women, which were coupled with the beautiful Japanese women painted by his fellow pupil Yamaguchi Soken. His use of color was especially excellent, and he and Nagasawa Rosetsu were called “the two sages of the Okyo school”. After Okyo’s death, he assisted Okyo’s eldest son Ozui, protecting and growing the Maruyama school. He distinguished himself in the graceful picturesqueness inherited directly from Okyo’s style of painting. He was counted as one of the Okyo school’s “ten sages”, along with Soken, Rosetsu, Mori Tetsuzan, and Gessen. He died at 51.