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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. It was influenced by Chinese painting (Buddhist religious painting, [[landscape]]s in the Chinese tradition), and from the later 19th century onwards by Western art. Main Painting Schools have been: Suibokuga, Kanō, Rimpa, Tosa-ha, Nanga and Shijo.  

'''Painting''' (絵画) is one of the oldest Japanese art, and the most popular one. It was influenced by Chinese painting (Buddhist religious painting, [[landscape]]s in the Chinese tradition), and from the later 19th century onwards by Western art. Main Painting Schools have been: Suibokuga, Kanō, Rimpa, Tosa-ha, Nanga and Shijo. ''Japanese paintings may evoke an association with landscapes and natural scenes drawn with a few genial brush strokes. The impression may come from the majority of the scroll paintings that are to be found in galleries and museums.'' [http://www.artelino.com/articles/japanese-painting.asp]

Japanese interpretations and painters may be studied in the following periods:  

Japanese interpretations and painters may be studied in the following periods: