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* ''Birth: [[1543]]''

* ''Birth: [[1543]]''

* ''Death: [[1590]]''

* ''Death: [[1590]]''

* ''Sons: [[Kano Mitsunobu|Kanô Mitsunobu]] ([[1561]]-[[1608]]), [[Kano Takanobu|Kanô Takanobu]] ([[1571]]-[[1618]])''

* ''Sons: [[Kano Mitsunobu|Kanô Mitsunobu]] ([[1561]]-[[1608]]), [[Kano Takanobu|Kanô Takanobu]] ([[1571]]-[[1618]])''; [[Kano Sanraku|Kanô Sanraku]] (adopted; [[1559]]-[[1635]])

* ''Distinction: Painter''

* ''Distinction: Painter; head of the [[Kano school|Kanô school]]''

*''Japanese'': [[狩野]]永徳 ''(Kanou Eitoku)''

*''Japanese'': [[狩野]]永徳 ''(Kanou Eitoku)''

In [[1588]], Eitoku began restoring the dragon ceiling painting at the [[Tofukuji|Tôfukuji]] originally created by [[Mincho|Minchô]] in the late 14th century.

In [[1588]], Eitoku began restoring the dragon ceiling painting at the [[Tofukuji|Tôfukuji]] originally created by [[Mincho|Minchô]] in the late 14th century.

Eitoku died suddenly in 1590 and many of his unfinished projects were completed by his son [[Kano Mitsunobu|Mitsunobu]], though it was [[Kano Sanraku|Kanô Sanraku]], a pupil of Eitoku's who was not a blood relative, who succeeded him as head of the school.

Eitoku died suddenly in 1590 and many of his unfinished projects, including the Tôfukuji dragon, were completed by his pupil [[Kano Sanraku|Kanô Sanraku]], though it was his son, [[Kano Mitsunobu|Mitsunobu]], who succeeded him as head of the school<ref>Mason. p257.</ref>.

==References==

==References==

*Mason, Penelope. ''History of Japanese Art''. Second Edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005. pp255-257.

*Mason, Penelope. ''History of Japanese Art''. Second Edition. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005. pp255-257.

*Sasaki, Johei. "The Era of the Kano School." ''Modern Asian Studies'' 18:4 (1984).

*Sasaki, Johei. "The Era of the Kano School." ''Modern Asian Studies'' 18:4 (1984).

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