Background
Soga Jasoku was born in Japan.
曽我 蛇足
Soga Jasoku was born in Japan.
He founder of the Soga school of painting in Indian ink. Different versions of his biography are given. A retainer of the Asakuras in Echizen Province (Fukui Prefecture), he went to Kyoto and studied under Shiibun. Lived at the Daitokuji Temple and was a disciple of Ikkyu, Chief Abbot of the temple.