Styles of Paintings
Overall there are two main styles of paintings in the Tokugawa Period:
Ukiyo-e: A form of printing using wood blocks.
Yamato-e: A form that focused on the small details of some objects and completely ignored others. Often were paintings of nature, and told a story.
Paintings were often painted on one of three platforms:
Scrolls: Most common form of paintings, because they were the easiest to produce
Panels: Painted in panel groups of six. When this platform is used it was usually for more upper class, and told a story or depicated a large landscape.
Murals: If a mural was painted it was often at a place of importance such as a palace or a temple/monasterie
Ukiyo-e: A form of printing using wood blocks.
Yamato-e: A form that focused on the small details of some objects and completely ignored others. Often were paintings of nature, and told a story.
Paintings were often painted on one of three platforms:
Scrolls: Most common form of paintings, because they were the easiest to produce
Panels: Painted in panel groups of six. When this platform is used it was usually for more upper class, and told a story or depicated a large landscape.
Murals: If a mural was painted it was often at a place of importance such as a palace or a temple/monasterie
"Taizō-kai" A hanging scroll by a unknown artist