Among Tanyu's works, the screen paintings in the Edo and Osaka castles were lost with the buildings, but the screen paintings (ink paintings) in Jorakuden of Nagoya Castle are existent, having avoided an air raid during World War II because they had been removed from the building and evacuated; additionally, the screen paintings in Ninomaru Palace of Nijo Castle and the hojo of Daitoku-ji Temple are among his best existent works.
探幽の作品のうち、江戸城と大坂城の障壁画は建物とともに消滅したが、名古屋城上洛殿の障壁画（水墨）は第二次大戦時には建物から取り外して疎開させてあったため空襲をまぬがれて現存しており、他に二条城二の丸御殿や大徳寺方丈の障壁画が現存する代表作である。