Nice to know you like this art.
Okay I tell you art here is very old history. No one know the true time when art start. I think there is always art from beginning. Always some artist who like to create. This is my answer to you. Have fun with looking here and we now a friends.
I just mean the story behind the individual pictures not all of Japanese art. I don't like posts that are simply a picture when so many people are explaining art so well to new audiences. Tell me why YOU like it don't just show a picture. Guide my thinking!
Such as this: http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p054mdmy/the-art-of-japanese-life-series-1-3-home
Oh yes I see now. I see the man in boat, alone. There is no wind for his sails and he struggle to get to shore to his home on the water.