This screen, which shows scenes in and near Kyoto, was made at the end of the Muromachi period. The drawing of similar scenes was very popular during the subsequent Azuchi-Momoyama and Edo periods. This representative work depicts an expansive view of buildings, customs, and manners in a detailed fashion. Created with a confident brush, it is a masterpiece of the sort of "painting of details" to which Eitoku, as a young man, dedicated his energies.

(1) Right-hand screen

(2) Left-hand screen

(3) Yamaboko (ceremonial float) procession

(4) Popular dances

(5) Yasaka Pagoda

(6) The Emperor's Palace

(7) Inji-uchi (boys' rock-throwing game)

(8) Gojo Bridge

(9) A public bath

(10) Collecting autumn leaves

(11) New Year's scenes

Screen Painting of Kyoto and Environs
Muromachi period, late 16th century
Pair of six-fold screens, color on gold-leaf paper
Height 161 cm; Width 364 cm (each)
by Kano Eitoku
(Yonezawa City, Yamagata Prefecture)