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Although many investigations on the works and painters of fresco has been done, little is known about the regulation of "Price of paintings". This is the description of the price of fresco which has been regulated by the subject and size of painting, according to the data of official painters under the Tokugawa Shogunate, and of "Price of paintings" in building Kyoto Imperial Palace. The conclusion is as follows, A. "Price of paintings" had been regulated by i) the subject (figures, birds, flowers and other natural beauties) ii) size (the unit is one "tsubo" of six or six and a half "shaku") iii) the art of painting (high colored, rag pasted, "sumie", etc.) iv) the classes of painters (30 per cent premium is the case of "Hoin", 20 per cent, "Hofuku") v) the genealogy of painters "Okueshi", "Omoteeshi" etc.) B. The regulation had been adopted in the case of i) the buildings under direct control of the Shogunate ii) the official painters of Shogunate, especially the Kano School
