Although he created numbers of screen paintings in strict compliance with the plans of the men in power who had survived wild times--including Nobunaga ODA and Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI--these paintings were lost with the buildings, so relatively few of Eitoku's works remain in existence.
織田信長、豊臣秀吉といった乱世を生き抜いた権力者の意向に敏感に応え、多くの障壁画を描いたが、これら障壁画は建物とともに消滅し、現存する永徳の作品は比較的少ない。