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- In painting: Scroll painting
Chinese art
- In Chinese painting: Three Kingdoms (220–280) and Six Dynasties (220–589)
- In Chinese painting: Song (960–1279), Liao (907–1125), and Jin (1115–1234) dynasties
garden and landscape design
- In garden and landscape design: Chinese
Japanese art
- In Japanese art: Calligraphy and painting
- In Japanese art: Painting

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: The Pennsylvania State University - The Center for Global Studies - The development of scroll painting over the last 150 years.	Emily Rodriguez	Feb 07, 2022
	Add new Web site: ChinaCulture.org - Scroll Painting.	Darshana Das	Jan 24, 2011
	Article revised.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Sep 06, 2002
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	May 27, 1999