Okueshi - Okueshi

Japanese: 奥絵師 - おくえし

The most prestigious title among the Edo Shogunate's official painters. A term used in contrast to the Omote-eshi. They were required to attend the Oe-ya room of Edo Castle on a fixed day each month and perform duties for the Shogunate, such as painting decorative paintings for palaces. The Kano family passed this title down through the generations throughout the Edo period, and the four families of Oku-eshi were the Kano of Kajihashi, who inherited the lineage of Tan'yū, the Kano of Kobiki-cho, who was Naonobu, the Kano of Nakahashi, and the Kano of Hama-cho, who was Tsunenobu's second son, Minenobu.

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Japanese:

江戸幕府の御用絵師のうち最も格式の高い役職名。表絵師に対する語。毎月定日に江戸城の御絵部屋に出勤，殿舎の装飾画など幕府の御用を果す義務があった。江戸時代を通じ狩野家が代々世襲し，探幽の家系を継ぐ鍛冶橋狩野，尚信の木挽町狩野，安信の中橋 (なかばし) 狩野，常信の次男岑信の浜町狩野を奥絵師四家と称する。

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