On The Development And Evolution Of Japanese Portraiture

The development of Japanese painting cannot be without the influence of China. The return ofJapanese missions to Tang China not only enriched their material life, but also pushed Japaneseculture up to a critical turning point of magnificently. Chinese painting can be regarded as Japanesepainting’s mother. Japan began to learn Chinese characters and Chinese painting in form. Karaebecame the parent body of Japanese painting development. At present, about Japanese portraiture’sresearch, there are few relevant special investigation files in Japan. We can confirm that Japaneseportraiture has an independent status in Japanese painting. The reasons of only existed few relevantfiles and paintings are the difficulty of painting itself, and the development period and historicalbackground of Japanese portraiture. The Japanese painting built upon the foundations of Chinesepainting and western painting, and combined them with the Japanese unique cultural elements.Eventually develop into a new unique painting form. However, due to the objective conditions oftime and purpose are not mature, Japanese portraiture were not too much processed and kept itsoriginal shape. So we can say Japanese portraiture is a quintessential art realm. I put my focus on anon-mainstream but significant topic, hope more people can know its uniqueness and importance inthe future.