The Four Accomplishments (Kinki shoga)

The Four Accomplishments of the cultivated gentleman are music (qin playing), the game of go, calligraphy and painting. These activities have been associated with the Chinese gentleman-scholar since early times.

Toun was the son of the metalworker Goto Mitsuyori. He was the pupil of Kano Tan'yu, who adopted him. Toun established a branch of the Kano family at Surugadai and received the title Hogen in 1691.