The history of the Kose family as priest painters of Buddhist images of Daijo-in Temple can be traced up to the end of the Muromachi period, but the family probably continued in the same work into the Edo period.
大乗院の絵仏師としての巨勢家は室町末期までしか確認できないが、江戸時代に入っても巨勢家が大乗院の絵仏師の任にあったと思われる。