| Though not the head of the school, his style would prove extremely influential in shaping the Kanô style of the 17th-18th centuries. | | Though not the head of the school, his style would prove extremely influential in shaping the Kanô style of the 17th-18th centuries. |
− | When the Toyotomi fell following the [[1615]] [[siege of Osaka]], Sanraku retreated from the art world, becoming a Buddhist monk and taking on the name Sanraku for the first time (up until then, he had been known as Mitsuyori). After a roughly four-year period of seclusion and absence from the art world, Sanraku returned to Kyoto in [[1619]], commissioned to produce paintings for the Imperial Palace in preparation for the occasion of the marriage of [[Tokugawa Kazuko]], daughter of [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Hidetada]], to [[Emperor Go-Mizunoo]]. | + | When the Toyotomi fell following the [[1615]] [[siege of Osaka]], Sanraku retreated from the art world, becoming a Buddhist monk and taking on the name Sanraku for the first time (up until then, he had been known as Mitsuyori). After a roughly four-year period of seclusion and absence from the art world, Sanraku returned to Kyoto in [[1619]], commissioned to produce paintings for the Imperial Palace in preparation for the occasion of the marriage of [[Tofukumon-in|Tôfukumon-in]], daughter of [[Shogun]] [[Tokugawa Hidetada]], to [[Emperor Go-Mizunoo]]. |