Trending Art Movements in Japan — September 2026
The 100 most-viewed art movements on Wikipedia, September 2026 (Japanese-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: surrealism. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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175,099
Total Views (September 2026)
1
surrealism
international cultural movement that began in the early 1920s
7,548
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2
Impressionism
19th-century art movement
6,458
views
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3
Renaissance
cultural movement that spanned the period roughly from the 14th to the 17th century
5,863
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4
ukiyo-e
Japanese art genre, fl. 17th–19th c., consisting of woodblock prints and paintings of such subjects as female beauties, kabuki actors, sumo wrestlers, scenes from history and folk tales, travel scenes, landscapes, flora, fauna, and erotica
4,766
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5
hip hop culture
culture including hip hop music, turntablism, breakdancing and graffiti
4,614
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views
6
Romanticism
artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement
4,165
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views
7
visual kei
movement among Japanese musicians defined by a strong focus on visual expression through outrageous costumes, makeup, and hairstyles
4,078
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8
Art Nouveau
international philosophy and style of art, architecture and applied art
3,965
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9
Bauhaus
school in Germany that combined crafts and the fine arts
3,956
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10
cubism
early-20th-century avant-garde art movement
3,665
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views
11
avant-garde
works that are experimental or innovative
3,457
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12
Kanō school
school of Japanese painting, late 15th century until Meiji Period, 1868
3,379
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13
Dada
avant-garde art movement in the early 20th century
3,103
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14
ink wash painting
painting technique
3,077
views
views
15
proletarian literature
literature created by working-class writers mainly for the class-conscious proletariat
3,023
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views
16
Art Deco
influential visual arts design style which first appeared in France during the 1920s
2,870
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views
17
rapping
artistic form of vocal delivery and emotive expression that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and [commonly] street vernacular"
2,829
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18
Aestheticism
art movement emphasizing aesthetic considerations over social values
2,618
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19
Japonisme
European imitation of Japanese art during the 19th and 20th centuries
2,543
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views
20
Baroque
cultural movement, starting around 1600
2,523
views
views
21
New Hollywood
American film movement between the late-1960s and early-1980s
2,413
views
views
22
ero guro
literary and artistic movement originating circa 1930 in Japan
2,258
views
views
23
Postmodernism
philosophical and artistic movement
2,255
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views
24
French New Wave
c. 1960s movement in French cinema
2,144
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views
25
Mannerism
style of European art
2,143
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views
26
Fauvism
artistic style that emphasized painterly qualities and strong color over the representational or realistic values retained by Impressionism
2,131
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27
Baroque music
style of Western classical music
2,007
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views
28
naturalism
literary movement
1,949
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29
psychedelia
movement, subculture, style or aesthetic that is resembled in the psychedelic subculture of the 1960s and the psychedelic experience produced by certain psychoactive substances
1,911
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views
30
Romantic music
music of the Romantic period
1,906
views
views
31
outsider art
art created outside the boundaries of official culture by those untrained in the arts
1,857
views
views
32
Dōtanuki
Japanese school of sword smiths
1,848
views
views
33
Gothic art
style of Medieval art developed in Northern France
1,781
views
views
34
Symbolism
late nineteenth-century art movement of French, Russian and Belgian origin seeking to represent absolute truths symbolically through language and metaphorical images
1,713
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35
magic realism
style of literary fiction and art
1,678
views
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36
Beat Generation
literary movement
1,642
views
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37
Rimpa school
major historical school of Japanese painting
1,591
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38
degenerate art
term used by the German Nazi regime to describe modern art
1,527
views
views
39
Britpop
music genre; 1990s UK pop culture movement
1,505
views
views
40
Post-impressionism
predominantly French art movement that developed roughly between 1886 and 1905
1,496
views
views
41
Yamato-e
classical Japanese painting style
1,489
views
views
42
Barbizon school
artistic movement of landscape painters of the first part and mid-19th century
1,481
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43
realism
artistic style of representing subjects realistically
1,455
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44
Arts and Crafts movement
international design movement
1,395
views
views
45
minimalist music
form of art music or other compositional practice that employs limited or minimal musical materials
1,392
views
views
46
genbun itchi
unification of the written and spoken forms of Japanese language
1,379
views
views
47
Futurism
artistic and social movement
1,374
views
views
48
Classical period
genre of Western music (c. 1730–1820)
1,352
views
views
49
pointillism
technique of painting with small, distinct dots
1,324
views
views
50
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
group of English painters, poets, and critics, founded in 1848
1,247
views
views
51
Baroque painting
painting movement
1,246
views
views
52
The Third Generation of Postwar Writers
modern Japanese literature classification
1,238
views
views
53
Nihonga
paintings made in accordance with traditional Japanese artistic conventions
1,234
views
views
54
The Five
circle of five prominent 19th-century Russian composers
1,234
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views
55
Fukuoka Ichimonji
1,166
views
views
56
Dutch Golden Age painting
17th-century Dutch painting
1,161
views
views
57
abstract art
art with a degree of independence from visual references in the world
1,160
views
views
58
Mingei
Japanese folk art movement
1,145
views
views
59
modernism
movement of art, culture, philosophy and architecture
1,143
views
views
60
Neoclassicism
Western cultural movement inspired by ancient Greece and Rome
1,143
views
views
61
new wave of British heavy metal
heavy metal movement of the late 1970s and early 1980s
1,098
views
views
62
contemporary art
art produced from the 1940s to the present
1,083
views
views
63
humour
tendency of someone to point out and emphasize the comical nature of something (or the mental state that leads to this tendency)
1,078
views
views
64
School of Paris
art movement
1,053
views
views
65
Constructivism
artistic and architectural philosophy
1,034
views
views
66
British Invasion
cultural phenomenon of the mid-1960s, when rock and pop music acts from the United Kingdom and other aspects of British culture became popular in the United States
1,031
views
views
67
impressionism in music
movement in Western classical music, mainly during early 20th centuries
1,017
views
views
68
Fluxus
international network of artists, composers and designers
1,003
views
views
69
pop art
art movement
995
views
views
70
kitsch
art or other objects that appeal to popular rather than high art tastes
970
views
views
71
Nanga
school of Japanese painting
957
views
views
72
bohemianism
practice of an unconventional lifestyle
928
views
views
73
Osafune school
910
views
views
74
boom band
music movement/scene
891
views
views
75
Russian avant-garde
influential wave of modern art that flourished in Russia about 1890 to 1930
873
views
views
76
Renaissance music
musical period between the 15th and 17th centuries
859
views
views
77
Expressionism
modernist art movement
848
views
views
78
German Expressionism
cultural movement
829
views
views
79
conceptual art
contemporary art movement
823
views
views
80
nishiki-e
Japanese multi-colored woodblock printing
815
views
views
81
postmodern literature
literary form and movement of the twentieth century
812
views
views
82
Early Netherlandish painting
work of artists active in the Low Countries during the 15th- and 16th-century Northern Renaissance
807
views
views
83
Sturm und Drang
Proto-Romantic movement in German literature and music
788
views
views
84
socialist realism
art style depicting communist values
775
views
views
85
Madchester
Musical and cultural scene from late 80s-early 90s Manchester
751
views
views
86
satire
literary and art genre with a style of humor based on parody
744
views
views
87
Minimalism
movements in various forms of art and design
733
views
views
88
Decadent movement
late-19th-century artistic and literary movement centered in Western Europe
732
views
views
89
ukiyozōshi
Japanese literature movement
711
views
views
90
abstract expressionism
American post–World War II art movement
691
views
views
91
Groupe des Six
group of French composers
689
views
views
92
Romanesque art
artistic style of Europe from approximately 1000 AD to the 13th century
667
views
views
93
medieval music
Western music written during the Middle Ages
663
views
views
94
Italian neorealism
national film movement characterized by stories set amongst the poor and the working class
648
views
views
95
Asakusa Opera
643
views
views
96
New Romantic
1970s British pop culture movement
638
views
views
97
Dogme 95
1995 Manifesto by Lars von Trier, Thomas Vinterberg, Kristian Levring and Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
631
views
views
98
Vienna Secession
group of Austrian artists and architects
627
views
views
99
Shinkankakuha
Japanese literary group
626
views
views
100
Aoe school
615
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