“日本美术”这一词汇,对中国人而言似乎较为新鲜。可以说,日本美术将融合性和装饰性融成一体,尤其在20世纪前,日本美术不但较好地保持了其装饰性的民族特点,也对外来文化进行了积极主动的吸收和融合。一般来说,日本美术呈现出以下特征——享誉世界的浮世绘、与亚欧美术之融合、具有民族特点的装饰性。所有这些特征都能够借助日本的民族美术展现出来,对外来文化同样具有一定的吸收与消化作用。 The term “Japanese art” seems to be relatively new to Chinese. It can be said that Japanese art integrates fusion and decoration. Especially before the 20th century, Japanese art not only maintained its decorative ethnic characteristics but also absorbed and fused foreign cultures proactively. In general, Japanese art presents the following characteristics - the ukiyo-e world-renowned painting, the fusion with Asia and Europe and the fine arts, and the decorative features of national characteristics. All of these features can be shown with the help of Japanese national arts, and also have a certain absorption and digestion of foreign cultures.