The characteristics of the Rinpa school include the use of gold and silver leaves in the background, daring picture compositions, repetitions of stencil patterns and Tarashikomi technique (a technique that achieves shading through pooling successive layers of partially dried pigment).
背景に金銀箔を用いたり、大胆な構図、型紙のパターンを用いた繰り返し、たらしこみの技法などに特色が見られる。