He was a leading painter of the Kano school (a painting school that served as a focal point for the art circles of Japan from the Muromachi period through to the Edo period) and remains one of the best-known painters in the history of Japanese art.
狩野派（室町時代から江戸時代まで日本画壇の中心にあった画派）の代表的な画人であり、日本美術史上もっとも著名な画人の一人である。