Japanese Traditional Painting (nihonga 日本画)

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Japanese transcriptions and translations courtesy of Daniel von Brighoff unless otherwise noted.

Traditional categories or genres are noted after each painter:

• sansuiga 山水画 (landscape painting)
• kachoga 花鳥画 (bird and flower painting)
• jimbutsuga 人物画 (figure painting)

In all cases the metadata describes the original work, not the digital reproduction.

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