Sotatsu TAWARAYA was a painter who flourished from 1596 to 1643, and his own expression and style of painting with elaborate skills in the art village of Koetsu were later recognized by the Imperial Court, and consequently, he, together with the painters of a painting circle of the first rank such as the Kano school, received a contract for painting work and drew existing fusuma paintings and paintings for folding screens, and was appointed to 'hokyo' (a title for craftsmen including painters and persons of profession such as physicians) exceptionally as a painter who grew up among the townspeople.
俵屋宗達は慶長から寛永にかけて活躍した絵師で、光悦の芸術村での独特の表現と技術を凝らした画風がのちに宮廷に認められ、狩野派など一流画壇の絵師たちと並んで仕事を請け負うようになり、町の絵師の出身としては異例の「法橋」に叙任され、今日に残るふすま絵や屏風絵の名作を描いている。