The Revival of the Kyoto Kano School The Kyoto Kano school faces a period of decline as the Edo period progresses. Kanō Eigaku enters this landscape not merely as a successor, but as a force of restoration. Born in 1790, he carries the weight of a lineage that traces back to the great Kanō Sanraku. By the age of twenty-seven, following the death of his adoptive father Kanō Eishun, Eigaku assumes the leadership of the Kyoto branch. He…