A painting must match the grandeur of its setting.

金地に松、これ天下の画なり

Kanō Eitoku

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Kanō Eitoku

Born in Kyoto in 1543, Kano Eitoku led the Kano school and created monumental screen paintings for Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi. His gold-ground compositions defined the Azuchi-Momoyama era.

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