Based on the Momoyama painting style (luxurious, splendid and decorative style created during the Azuchi-Momoyama period), Eigaku actively adopted various painting styles such as MARUYAMA Shijo school, literati painting and Revived Yamato-e (reviving traditional Japanese style painting) and succeeded in reviving the Kyo Kano family which had lost popularity and influence then.
安土桃山時代桃山文化風の画風を基本に円山四条派や文人画、復古大和絵など様々な画風を取り入れ、低迷する京狩野家を再興した。