Painting has been an art in Japan for a very long time: the brush is a traditional writing and painting tool, and the extension of that panese painting techniques are still in use today, as well as techniques adopted from continental Asia and from the West.
Painting has been an art in Japan for a very long time: the brush is a traditional writing and painting tool, and the extension of that to its use as an artist's tool was probably natural. Native Japanese painting techniques are still in use today, as well as techniques adopted from continental Asia and from the West.