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Kano Eitoku, Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons, fusuma panels, ink and gold wash on paper, 1566 (Momoyama period)
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Kano Eitoku (attrib.), Cypress, color, ink and gold leaf on paper, originally fusuma panels remounded as 8-panel folding screen, 1590 (Momoyama period)
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Ninomaru Palace, Nijo Castle, Kyoto, 1626 (Edo period)
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"Chinese Gate," Ninomaru Palace, Nijo Castle, Kyoto, 1626 (Edo period)
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Pond garden, Ninomaru Palace, Nijo Castle, Kyoto, 1626 (Edo period)
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Reception Hall, Ninomaru Palace, Nijo Castle, Kyoto, 1626
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Grand Audience Hall (Ohiroma), with Kano Tan'yu's Pine Tree in the tokonoma, Ninomaru Palace, Nijo Castle, Kyoto, 1626
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Kuroshoin, with painting of cherry blossoms, Ninomaru Palace, Nijo Castle, Kyoto, 1626
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Shiroshoin, with landscape paintings of China, Ninomaru Palace, Nijo Castle, Kyoto, 1626
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fusuma
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Panels in a room that may also function as sliding doors that open
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Shogun
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Military ruler
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Samurai
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A member of a warrior clan or class
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Okueshi
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Highest ranking of official painters employed by the shogunate
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Kano Sanraku
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A disciple of Eitoku's whose work presented a departure from Eitoku's style with fragmented compositions, delicacy, quietness and elegance.
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Tokugawa Ieyasu
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Daimyo, or feudal lord, credited with eventually unifying Japan and moving the capital to Edo
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