you got that right signed and sealed . それって真実の真実だ!
he was so proud of being a descendant of sanraku kano that he signed and sealed on his paintings or autographed on the boxes containing artwork as ' sanraku kyusei mago ' (the ninth generation of sanraku ). 初代狩野山楽の末裔であることを誇りとし、箱書きや落款に「山楽九世孫」としたためている。
after eigaku became the deputy official court painter at the age of 57 , he sometimes signed and sealed as ' kinmon gashi ' ( ' 金門画史 ' ) or ' kinmon gain daiichishi ' ( ' 金門画院第一史 ' ). 57歳にして禁裏（朝廷）御絵師御次席となってから落款に「金門画史」・「金門画院第一史」と記すこともあった。
this folding screen is also signed and sealed with hokyo korin , but the predominant theory is that hokyo was added later by someone else , suggesting that kakitsubata-zu was created before korin became hokyo . この屏風には「法橋光琳」の落款があるが、「法橋」の2字は別人による書き入れとする説が有力で、この説にしたがえば、『燕子花図』は光琳の法橋位受領以前の作品となる。
there are very few works by korin that can be dated; however , many of his works are signed and sealed as hokyo korin , suggesting that his works were mostly created ove a period of a little more than 10 years , between the time he bacame a hokyo at the age of 44 and his passing at the age of 59 . 光琳の作品には制作年代を確定できるものは少ないが、多くの作品に「法橋光琳」の落款（サイン）が見られることから、彼が本格的な絵画を制作したのは法橋位を得た44歳以後、59歳で没するまでの十数年間であると推定されている。
