Japanese art

Japanese art, works of art created in the islands that make up the nation of Japan.

Sections in this article:

• Introduction
• Early Works
• Buddhist and Chinese Influences
• The Nara Period
• The Fujiwara Period
• The Kamakura Period
• The Muromachi Period
• The Momoyama Period
• The Edo Period to the Twentieth Century
• Recent Japanese Art
• Bibliography

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