Toba Sōjō

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In this Japanese name, the family name is Toba.

Toba Sōjō (鳥羽 僧正?) (1053-1140), also known as Kakuyū (覚猷?), was a Japanese astronomer, an artist-monk, and the son of Minamoto-no-Takakuni.

He is said to be the artist of the famous picture scroll Chōjū-giga.

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