Room  One,  a  small  chamber,  is  surrounded  with  gold
fusuma  decorated  with  charming,  if  somewhat  damaged,

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designs  of  little  brown  sparrows  among  deep  malachite-
green  bamboos.  Its  panelled  ceiling  is  painted  with
floral  designs  in  detached  sprays,  the  whole  decoration
being  attributed  to  the  artist  6zui,  1766-1829,  eldest  son
of  the  founder  of  the  Maruyama  School,  Maruyama
6kyo,  1733-1795.  From  this  small  chamber  we  are  led
to  Room  two,  pausing  on  the  way  to  admire  two  cedar
doors  painted  by  minor  artists  of  the  Kano  School.  We
shall  probably  fail  to  detect  the  slightest  comparison  be-
tween the  squeaking  boards  of  the  corridors  hereabouts
and  the  notes  of  the  Japanese  nightingale,  but  that,  our
priestly  guide  would  say,  is  because  we  have  "  no  tea  in
us."

The  fusfima  of  the  Second  Room  are  decorated  with
charming  bird  and  flower  designs,  geese  in  colors  on
gold  by  Kano  Ryokei.  The  deep  brown  geese  with
their  long  red  legs  are  delightfully  drawn,  and  among  the
other  objects  of  interest  to  be  noted  are  the  panelled
ceiling  and  the  ramma,  with  its  remarkable  openwork
carving,  showing  wild  geese  flying  across  the  moon.
These  magnificent  examples  of  reticulated  wood-carving
are  attributed  to  the  sculptor,  Hidari  Jingoro,  1584-1634.
It  seems  equally  certain  that  the  designs  must  have  come
from  the  hand  of  that  greatest  of  decorative  artists  of  the
Toyotomi  Period  (1543-1590),  Kano  Eitoku.
