[[Image:Hokusai Sea Wave Kanagawa.jpg|thumb|Behind the Great Wave off Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai]]
[[Image:Hokusai Sea Wave Kanagawa.jpg|thumb|Behind the Great Wave off Kanagawa by Katsushika Hokusai]]
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'''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.
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'''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.
Japanese interpretations and painters may be studied in the following periods:
Japanese interpretations and painters may be studied in the following periods: