The legacy of the Shorin-zu folding screen decorated with a painting of a pine forest is clouded in uncertainty (the theory is that it is not a finished work, but a preliminary sketch created for the folding screen), yet it is a novel work and it is hard to believe that it was created 400 years ago.
「松林図」屏風は、その伝来、製作の事情など不明な点が多いが（完成作でない下絵を屏風に仕立てたものだという説もある）、400年前の作品とは思えない斬新な作品である。