Editing Ukiyo-e (section)

===Paintings===
{{Main|Nikuhitsu-ga}}

Ukiyo-e artists often made both prints and paintings; some specialized in one or the other.{{sfn|Fitzhugh|1979|p=27}} In contrast with previous traditions, ukiyo-e painters favoured bright, sharp colours,{{sfn|Bell|2004|p=xii}} and often delineated contours with {{Transliteration|ja|[[inkstick|sumi]]}} ink, an effect similar to the linework in prints.{{sfn|Bell|2004|p=236}} Unrestricted by the technical limitations of printing, a wider range of techniques, pigments, and surfaces were available to the painter.{{sfn|Bell|2004|p=235–236}} Artists painted with pigments made from mineral or organic substances, such as [[safflower]], ground shells, lead, and [[cinnabar]],{{sfn|Fitzhugh|1979|pp=29, 34}} and later synthetic dyes imported from the West such as [[Paris green]] and Prussian blue.{{sfn|Fitzhugh|1979|pp=35–36}} Silk or paper {{Transliteration|ja|[[kakemono]]}} hanging scrolls, {{Transliteration|ja|makimono}} [[handscroll]]s, or {{Transliteration|ja|[[byōbu]]}} folding screens were the most common surfaces.{{sfn|Fitzhugh|1979|p=27}}

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Kaigetsudo Ando Yasunori - Bijin.jpg|alt=Colourful painting of a finely-dressed Japanese woman|{{Transliteration|ja|Bijin-ga}}{{pb}}[[Kaigetsudō Ando]], 18th century
Utagawa_Toyoharu_-_A_Winter_Party_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg|alt=Painting of a three Japanese woman entertaining two Japanese men|''A Winter Party''{{pb}}[[Utagawa Toyoharu]], mid-18th&nbsp;– late 19th century
Utamaro (c. 1788–91) Yoshiwara no Hana.jpg|{{Transliteration|ja|[[Yoshiwara no Hana]]}}{{pb}}Utamaro, {{circa|1788–91}}
Femenine wave.jpg|alt=Painting of stylized waves covering the entire image|''Feminine Wave''{{pb}}Hokusai, mid-19th century
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