- Yamato-e
Yamato-e (大和絵) is a style of Japanese painting inspired by
Tang dynasty paintings and developed in the lateHeian period . It is considered the classical Japanese style. From theMuromachi period (15th century), this term Yamato-e has been used to distinguish work from contemporary Chinese style paintings (kara-e), which were inspired bySung andYuan dynasty Zen Buddhism paintings.The Yamato-e often tell narrative themes with text along with them, show the beauty of nature, e.g. famous places (meisho-e 名所絵), and the four seasons (shiki-e 四季絵). The pictures are non-symbolic and have the objective of depicting the beauty in nature. The pictures are often on scrolls that can be hung on a wall (掛け物,kakemono ) or handscrolls (emakimono) that could be read from right to left with the accompanied story or on a folding screen (byoubu , 屏風) or panel (shouji, 障子). Although they received their name from theYamato period (大和), Yamato-e pictures rather stand for a style and are not restricted to a particular period. Although the most famous artists painted insuiboku style in theMuromachi period , this was not characteristic of early pictures.Yamato-e had a great influence on the
Rimpa (琳派) andukiyo-e (浮世絵) styles, as well as theNihonga (日本画).Yamato-e artists
Famous artists include:
*Kose Kanaoka
*Tosa Mitsuoki
*Tosa Mitsunobu References
* A history of Japan, R. H. P. Mason, J. G. Caiger, Tuttle Publishing; Revised edition (November 1, 1997), ISBN 0-8048-2097-X
* [http://groups.msn.com/FarEasternArt/yamatoe.msnw msn - Far Eastern Art]ee also
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Sumi-e External links
* [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article?tocId=9077773 Britannica | Yamato-e]
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