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| | [[Image:Sakurai Three Heroes of Three Kingdoms.jpg|thumb|Three Heroes of Three Kingdoms by Sekkan Sakurai]] | | [[Image:Sakurai Three Heroes of Three Kingdoms.jpg|thumb|Three Heroes of Three Kingdoms by Sekkan Sakurai]] |
| − | '''Painting''' (絵画) is one of the oldest Japanese art, and the most popular one. Main Painting Schools are: Suibokuga, Kanō, Rimpa, Tosa-ha, Nanga and Shijo. It has been influenced by [[Chinese]] art and [[Zen Buddhism]], as well as by Western art. | + | '''Painting''' (絵画) is one of the oldest Japanese art, and the most popular one. Main Painting Schools have been: Suibokuga, Kanō, Rimpa, Tosa-ha, Nanga and Shijo. It has been influenced by [[Chinese]] art and [[Zen Buddhism]], as well as by Western art. |
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| | Japanese interpretations and painters may be studied in the following periods: | | Japanese interpretations and painters may be studied in the following periods: |
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| | * Heian and [[Kamakura]] periods | | * Heian and [[Kamakura]] periods |
| | : Tokiwa Mitsunaga (ca. last half of the 12th century) Narrative Handscrolls. | | : Tokiwa Mitsunaga (ca. last half of the 12th century) Narrative Handscrolls. |
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| | + | When it was the tenth century, the Japanese picture began to leave Chinese strong influence and tied to racial sensitivity and created styles called the Yamato-e... The Picture scroll of Genji tale in the Heian era is the typical of that. [[Ibidem]] |
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| | * Muromachi period | | * Muromachi period |
| | : Josetsu (如拙) (1405 – 1423), the father of Japanese ink painting. | | : Josetsu (如拙) (1405 – 1423), the father of Japanese ink painting. |
| − | : Sesso Toyo (1420-1506) | + | : Sesso Toyo (1420-1506) |
| | * Azuchi-Momoyama period | | * Azuchi-Momoyama period |
| | : Kanō Eitoku (狩野 永徳) (1543 - 1590), prominent patriarch of the Kanō School. | | : Kanō Eitoku (狩野 永徳) (1543 - 1590), prominent patriarch of the Kanō School. |
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| | : Keibun Matsumura (1779-1843) | | : Keibun Matsumura (1779-1843) |
| | [[Image:Taikan.gif|thumb|by Taikan Yokoyama]] | | [[Image:Taikan.gif|thumb|by Taikan Yokoyama]] |
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| | + | Famous globally were Kitagawa Utamaro (ca. 1753 - 1806, works for illustrated books), Ando Hiroshige (1797-1858, favorite of the [[Impressionism|Impressionists]]), Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849, ''Great Wave'', one of 150 different prints of Mt. Fuji; The Mt. Fuji paintings were parts of a collection called One Hundred Views of Mt. Fuji and Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji.), Toshusai Sharaku (famous for his portraits of kabuki actors). [http://factsanddetails.com/japan.php?itemid=1860&catid=20&subcatid=129] |
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| | * Meiji period | | * Meiji period |
| | : Shoen Uemura (1875-1949), female painter. | | : Shoen Uemura (1875-1949), female painter. |
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| | + | As the national isolation of Japan was over by the Meiji Restoration (1868) and came to join the global community, the Western art flowed in one after another Japanese painter. [[Ibidem]] |
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| | * Taisho period | | * Taisho period |
| | : Taikan Yokoyama (1868-1958), member of the [[samurai]] class of the Mito clan. | | : Taikan Yokoyama (1868-1958), member of the [[samurai]] class of the Mito clan. |