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* ''Birth: [[1543]]''
* ''Death: [[1590]]''
* ''Sons: [[Kano Sanraku]] ([[1559]]-[[1635]]), [[Kano Mitsunobu]] ([[1561]]-[[1608]]), [[Kano Takanobu]] ([[1571]]-[[1618]])''
* ''Distinction: Painter''


Eitoku was the son of [[Kano Shoei|Kano Shôei]] ([[1514]]-[[1562]]) and carried on the Kano school of painting as established by [[Kano Masanobu]] ([[1434]]-[[1530]]). Eitoku was likely tutored at a young age by his talented grandfather [[Kano Motonobu]] ([[1476]]-1559), who introduced him to [[Shogun|shôgun]] [[Ashikaga Yoshiteru]] in [[1552]]. In [[1566]] he produced a number of paintings for the Abbot's Quarters of the [[Jukon-in|Jukôn-in]] in the [[Daitoku-ji]]. He was contracted by [[Oda Nobunaga]] to produce a series of wall paintings (shôhekiga) for [[Azuchi castle]] around [[1578]] but these were all lost when Azuchi was destroyed in [[1582]]. He afterwards worked for [[Toyotomi Hideyoshi]] and produced work for Juraku and [[Osaka castle]]. Eitoku died suddenly in 1590 and his unfinished projects were completed by his son Mitsunobu.

==References==
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[[Category:Artists and Artisans]][[Category:Sengoku Period]]