Sesshū, a medieval master of Japanese painting, became versed in Chinese art during a trip to the continent and went on to develop his own highly influential style. Six of his works have been ...

"Sagaru," an example of Japanese sumi-e painting by David Lee Roth. David Lee Roth He makes intricate pen-and-brush images, all of them done freehand in ink, based on a centuries-old formula.

While incarcerated in an internment camp for Japanese Americans in her 20s, Koho Yamamoto learned sumi-e, a type of ink painting, from an influential artist.