>>16092892Japanese art was comparable during the pre-Renaissance as well. A Painter named Kano Masanobu is the guy who more or less transitioned Japan to the art style it has now. Da Vinci pioneered shadow, Kano pioneered space. Kano eventually won because impressionist masturbated over Japanese art in the 1800s.
Here is what art (mostly scroll and woodblock) looked like during Sesshu’s hyper-real era he pushed in the 1400s
