Although the career of KOSE no Kanaoka was not clear, he was regarded as a master of painting and the founder of Yamato-e, and he drew Yamato-e on a folding screen at the request of FUJIWARA no Mototsune, a chief adviser to the Emperor at that time.
巨勢金岡の経歴は不詳ながら、絵の達人で大和絵の創始者とされており、時の関白藤原基経の依頼で屏風に大和絵を描いている。