Genre paintings from the early modern period

...Here, traditional subject forms such as famous place paintings and monthly paintings receded in favor of depictions of customs, and transformed into independent genre paintings. In this way, genre paintings known as early modern genre paintings were born, and they became popular as sliding door paintings and folding screen paintings, mainly in Kamigata, from the late 16th century to the early 17th century. The majority of artists were from the Kano school, and Kano Eitoku's "Rakuchu Rakugaizu" (Uesugi family) vividly depicts the customs of Kyoto city and its suburbs through meticulous observation. ...

*Some of the terminology used to refer to "early modern genre paintings" is listed below.

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…ここにおいて名所絵，月次絵などの伝統的画題形式は，その風景画的要素を後退させ，風俗描写を前面に押し出して独立した風俗画へと変貌する。こうして近世初期風俗画と呼ばれる風俗画が誕生し，16世紀後半から17世紀前半にかけ，上方を中心に襖絵，屛風絵として流行した。その描き手の主体は狩野派であり，狩野永徳筆《洛中洛外図》(上杉家)には，京の市中と郊外の風俗がこまかな観察により，いきいきと描き出されている。…

※「近世初期風俗画」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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