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Kano Eitoku — Chinese Lions Screen (Karajishi-zu Byobu, c. 1590)

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Karajishi-zu Byobu (唐獅子図屏風), c. 1590, attributed to Kano Eitoku (1543–1590). Six-panel screen; ink, pigments, gold leaf on paper; 223.6 x 453.0 cm. Imperial Household Agency. The paradigmatic monument of Momoyama monumental painting.

Scholarly Significance

Introduce Azuchi-Momoyama monumental screen painting with Kano Eitoku's Chinese Lions.

Notes

·Kano Eitoku was the leading painter of the Momoyama period, commissioned by Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
·Held by the Imperial Household Agency; shown occasionally at Sannomaru Shozokan.