"the period was filled with different schools of painting, such as the which introduced the concept of volume to japanese art."

The Edo period had variety of schools of painting such as Maruyama-Shijo and this then introduced what is volume then to the Japanese art. Japanese art does cover a range of art styles as well as media like ink painting,origami and calligraphy.

All elements are subordinate to the total effect and do not overshadow it

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