Yamato-e

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What Wikipedia says

Yamato-e (大和絵) is a style of Japanese painting inspired by Tang dynasty paintings and fully developed by the late Heian period. It is considered the classical Japanese style.

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Image: Imperial court in Kyoto, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.