Fūkeiga (風景画) are a genre of Japanese painting and ukiyo-e woodblock prints which feature landscapes. Works of this type emerged in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, due in large part to the influence of European stylistic techniques and elements.

Historical background

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Nicolas Poussin, who was a pioneer of landscape painting along with Annibale Carracci and Claude Lorrain Jan van Goyen Salomon van Ruisdael JAANUS


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Sansuiga

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mountain and water pictures Oriental compositions that depict mainly natural scenery or views, rather than concentrating on human figures or close-up objects, are called *sansuiga 山水画. JAANUS

Meisho-e

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pictures of famous places

Uki-e

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perspective pictures

Yōfūga

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western-style pictures

 
Utagawa Hiroshige (1857) Awa Naruto no fuukei
 
Hiroshige, Coastal landscape in moonlight
 
Falls of Kirifuri at Mt. Kurokami, Shimotsuke Province LACMA M.2011.135.2 (1 of 2)
 
Hokusai Boats & Moon
 
Hokusai-Red-Fuji
 
A bluegreen landscape by Tani Buncho
 
'View of Kyoto', fan painting by Kano Motohide, Japanese late 16th century, one of a set of 10, ink and color on gold paper, Honolulu Academy of Arts
 
Nikko kaido hasui kawase
 
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Asukayama LACMA M.2006.136.207a-b
 
Maker unknown, Japanese - Pavilions in a Mountain Landscape - Google Art Project
 
Evening Landscape, c. 1540, Japan, Muromachi period



Literally 'landscape pictures', fūkeiga



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See also

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References

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  • Kobayashi, Tadashi. Ukiyo-e: An Introduction to Japanese Woodblock Prints. Translated by Mark A. Harbison. New York: Kodansha, 1992.
  • Newland, Amy Reigle. The Hotei Encyclopedia of Japanese Woodblock Prints, vol. 2. Amsterdam: Hotei Publishing, 2005.
  • Calza, Gian Carlo. Ukiyo-e. New York: Phaidon Press, 2005.

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