While researching a topic, a student has taken the following notes:
- Traditional Japanese yamato-e painting emphasizes flat areas of opaque color, stylized landscape forms, and native Japanese subjects.
- The suibokuga painting tradition, introduced from China during the Muromachi period (1336–1573), focuses on monochromatic black ink washes.
- Yamato-e frequently depicted scenes from classical court literature, such as The Tale of Genji.
- Suibokuga prioritized spontaneous brushwork, atmospheric mist, and Zen Buddhist spiritual themes.
- Artists of the Rinpa school later combined elements of both traditions.