The Kimura school, based in [[Kyoto]], was the preeminent school of painters of Buddhist works (''ebusshi''), in service to the [[Tokugawa shogunate]]. Professional painters, the craftsmen of the Kimura school were not monks, as was typical of makers of Buddhist sculpture. | The Kimura school, based in [[Kyoto]], was the preeminent school of painters of Buddhist works (''ebusshi''), in service to the [[Tokugawa shogunate]]. Professional painters, the craftsmen of the Kimura school were not monks, as was typical of makers of Buddhist sculpture. |