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landscape painting; scenery picture
A painting or drawing whose subject is natural scenery such as mountains, rivers, fields, or townscapes.
壁に風景画を飾った。
I hung a landscape painting on the wall.
彼女は風景画を描くのが得意だ。
She is good at painting landscapes.
この美術館には、有名な画家の風景画が数多く展示されている。
This art museum exhibits many landscape paintings by famous painters.
Compound of 風景 (scenery, landscape) + 画 (picture, painting). The 画 suffix names a genre of picture, as in 肖像画 (portrait) and 静物画 (still life).
COMMON COLLOCATIONS:
- 風景画を描く: to paint a landscape
- 風景画を飾る: to display a landscape painting
- 水彩の風景画: a watercolor landscape
SIMILAR WORDS:
- 肖像画: portrait — a picture whose subject is a person
- 山水画: ink landscape painting — a traditional East Asian style of mountains and water