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 edit
Nicolas Poussin, who was a pioneer of landscape painting along with Annibale Carracci and Claude Lorrain Jan van Goyen Salomon van Ruisdael JAANUS
Related genres edit
Sansuiga edit
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 edit
pictures of famous places
Uki-e edit
perspective pictures
Yōfūga edit
western-style pictures
Literally 'landscape pictures', fūkeiga
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See also edit
- Landscape art
- Spring and autumn landscapes (Hara Zaishō) - scroll painting
- View of Tempōzan Park in Naniwa (Gochōtei Sadamasu) - woodblock print
References edit
- JAANUS. "Fuukeiga." Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System. 2001. Accessed January 22, 2014. http://www.aisf.or.jp/~jaanus/deta/f/fuukeiga.htm
- 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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