Kano Eitoku, official painter to Nobunaga and…

Kano Eitoku, official painter to Nobunaga and Hideyoshi, develops an opulent style of mural painting that makes lavish use of gold leaf and bold decorative forms.

Eitoku executes these works, such as his 1566 screen series of birds and flowers of the four seasons for the Jukoin temple at Daitoku-ji, Kyoto, on large-scale screens and sliding doors for the castles of his patrons.