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Like Tani Bunch\u014d, Okada Beisanjin (\u5ca1\u7530\u7c73\u5c71\u4eba<\/strong>) was influenced by Chinese styles of painting. His works are famous for its strong brushstrokes, which give his painting a lot of texture. The painting on the left is of a man with his harp. The background of the painting is of a mountain landscape, which Beisanjin was particularly fond of.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Shibata Zeshin (\u67f4\u7530\u662f\u771f<\/strong>) is known creating paintings of simple beauty and elegance. What\u2019s interesting is that Zeshin\u2019s work is not as highly regarded in Japan as it is in the West. The Japanese consider his works overly simply and typical of Japanese paintings. However, the fact that his paintings are typical prototypes of Japanese paintings is what makes them appealing for study in the West.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Kan\u014d Motonobu (\u72e9\u91ce\u5143\u4fe1<\/strong>) was a famous painter from a famous family of painters. Motonobu\u2019s paintings had the characteristic of heavily stressed outlines in his depiction of human figures. Some of Motonobu\u2019s paintings can still be seen inside Japanese temples located in Kyoto. Like it was in his time, his works are still well regarded as masterpieces.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Josetsu (\u5982\u62d9<\/strong>) was a Chinese immigrant who was naturalized as a Japanese citizen. He has the distinction of being called \u201cthe father of Japanese ink painting\u201d. The painting below is a depiction of a man catching a cat fish with a gourd. It\u2019s based on a riddle set by a shogun who proposed the question, \u201cHow do you catch a cat fish with a gourd?\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So much can be written about Japanese paintings. There are so many styles and influences that a single museum would be hard pressed to display all the different styles of Japanese paintings. No matter what era or period you come from, the awe of Japanese paintings never goes away! Tani Bunch\u014d (\u8c37\u6587\u6641) was from a…<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/japanese\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2011\/05\/Hy\u00f4nen_zu_by_Josetsu-350x299.jpg\")