Trending Art Movements in Japan — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed art movements on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (Japanese-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: surrealism. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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188,653
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
surrealism
international cultural movement that began in the early 1920s
8,239
views
views
2
Impressionism
19th-century art movement
7,005
views
views
3
Renaissance
cultural movement that spanned the period roughly from the 14th to the 17th century
6,311
views
views
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
5,097
views
views
5
hip hop culture
culture including hip hop music, turntablism, breakdancing and graffiti
4,923
views
views
6
Romanticism
artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement
4,480
views
views
7
visual kei
movement among Japanese musicians defined by a strong focus on visual expression through outrageous costumes, makeup, and hairstyles
4,371
views
views
8
Art Nouveau
international philosophy and style of art, architecture and applied art
4,306
views
views
9
Bauhaus
school in Germany that combined crafts and the fine arts
4,223
views
views
10
cubism
early-20th-century avant-garde art movement
3,943
views
views
11
avant-garde
works that are experimental or innovative
3,632
views
views
12
Kanō school
school of Japanese painting, late 15th century until Meiji Period, 1868
3,624
views
views
13
Dada
avant-garde art movement in the early 20th century
3,367
views
views
14
proletarian literature
literature created by working-class writers mainly for the class-conscious proletariat
3,204
views
views
15
ink wash painting
painting technique
3,162
views
views
16
Art Deco
influential visual arts design style which first appeared in France during the 1920s
3,089
views
views
17
rapping
artistic form of vocal delivery and emotive expression that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and [commonly] street vernacular"
2,984
views
views
18
Aestheticism
art movement emphasizing aesthetic considerations over social values
2,818
views
views
19
Baroque
cultural movement, starting around 1600
2,743
views
views
20
Japonisme
European imitation of Japanese art during the 19th and 20th centuries
2,710
views
views
21
New Hollywood
American film movement between the late-1960s and early-1980s
2,585
views
views
22
Fauvism
artistic style that emphasized painterly qualities and strong color over the representational or realistic values retained by Impressionism
2,476
views
views
23
Postmodernism
philosophical and artistic movement
2,446
views
views
24
French New Wave
c. 1960s movement in French cinema
2,398
views
views
25
ero guro
literary and artistic movement originating circa 1930 in Japan
2,354
views
views
26
Mannerism
style of European art
2,300
views
views
27
Baroque music
style of Western classical music
2,210
views
views
28
naturalism
literary movement
2,098
views
views
29
Romantic music
music of the Romantic period
2,072
views
views
30
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
2,063
views
views
31
Dōtanuki
Japanese school of sword smiths
2,022
views
views
32
outsider art
art created outside the boundaries of official culture by those untrained in the arts
1,994
views
views
33
Gothic art
style of Medieval art developed in Northern France
1,931
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
1,867
views
views
35
magic realism
style of literary fiction and art
1,827
views
views
36
Beat Generation
literary movement
1,737
views
views
37
Rimpa school
major historical school of Japanese painting
1,710
views
views
38
degenerate art
term used by the German Nazi regime to describe modern art
1,660
views
views
39
Barbizon school
artistic movement of landscape painters of the first part and mid-19th century
1,618
views
views
40
Post-impressionism
predominantly French art movement that developed roughly between 1886 and 1905
1,612
views
views
41
Britpop
music genre; 1990s UK pop culture movement
1,607
views
views
42
realism
artistic style of representing subjects realistically
1,578
views
views
43
genbun itchi
unification of the written and spoken forms of Japanese language
1,543
views
views
44
Yamato-e
classical Japanese painting style
1,538
views
views
45
Futurism
artistic and social movement
1,517
views
views
46
minimalist music
form of art music or other compositional practice that employs limited or minimal musical materials
1,502
views
views
47
Arts and Crafts movement
international design movement
1,482
views
views
48
Classical period
genre of Western music (c. 1730–1820)
1,464
views
views
49
pointillism
technique of painting with small, distinct dots
1,417
views
views
50
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
group of English painters, poets, and critics, founded in 1848
1,336
views
views
51
The Five
circle of five prominent 19th-century Russian composers
1,331
views
views
52
Nihonga
paintings made in accordance with traditional Japanese artistic conventions
1,330
views
views
53
Baroque painting
painting movement
1,322
views
views
54
The Third Generation of Postwar Writers
modern Japanese literature classification
1,312
views
views
55
abstract art
art with a degree of independence from visual references in the world
1,268
views
views
56
Neoclassicism
Western cultural movement inspired by ancient Greece and Rome
1,264
views
views
57
Fukuoka Ichimonji
1,262
views
views
58
Mingei
Japanese folk art movement
1,262
views
views
59
modernism
movement of art, culture, philosophy and architecture
1,218
views
views
60
Dutch Golden Age painting
17th-century Dutch painting
1,212
views
views
61
contemporary art
art produced from the 1940s to the present
1,165
views
views
62
new wave of British heavy metal
heavy metal movement of the late 1970s and early 1980s
1,164
views
views
63
School of Paris
art movement
1,153
views
views
64
pop art
art movement
1,110
views
views
65
humour
tendency of someone to point out and emphasize the comical nature of something (or the mental state that leads to this tendency)
1,103
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
1,097
views
views
67
Constructivism
artistic and architectural philosophy
1,085
views
views
68
impressionism in music
movement in Western classical music, mainly during early 20th centuries
1,080
views
views
69
Fluxus
international network of artists, composers and designers
1,054
views
views
70
kitsch
art or other objects that appeal to popular rather than high art tastes
1,042
views
views
71
bohemianism
practice of an unconventional lifestyle
1,035
views
views
72
Nanga
school of Japanese painting
1,007
views
views
73
Osafune school
978
views
views
74
boom band
music movement/scene
970
views
views
75
Russian avant-garde
influential wave of modern art that flourished in Russia about 1890 to 1930
945
views
views
76
Renaissance music
musical period between the 15th and 17th centuries
930
views
views
77
postmodern literature
literary form and movement of the twentieth century
927
views
views
78
Expressionism
modernist art movement
915
views
views
79
conceptual art
contemporary art movement
895
views
views
80
German Expressionism
cultural movement
882
views
views
81
Early Netherlandish painting
work of artists active in the Low Countries during the 15th- and 16th-century Northern Renaissance
870
views
views
82
nishiki-e
Japanese multi-colored woodblock printing
868
views
views
83
Sturm und Drang
Proto-Romantic movement in German literature and music
861
views
views
84
Madchester
Musical and cultural scene from late 80s-early 90s Manchester
855
views
views
85
socialist realism
art style depicting communist values
847
views
views
86
satire
literary and art genre with a style of humor based on parody
799
views
views
87
Decadent movement
late-19th-century artistic and literary movement centered in Western Europe
796
views
views
88
Minimalism
movements in various forms of art and design
791
views
views
89
Groupe des Six
group of French composers
757
views
views
90
ukiyozōshi
Japanese literature movement
757
views
views
91
abstract expressionism
American post–World War II art movement
737
views
views
92
Romanesque art
artistic style of Europe from approximately 1000 AD to the 13th century
736
views
views
93
medieval music
Western music written during the Middle Ages
708
views
views
94
Italian neorealism
national film movement characterized by stories set amongst the poor and the working class
699
views
views
95
New Romantic
1970s British pop culture movement
691
views
views
96
Asakusa Opera
683
views
views
97
Dogme 95
1995 Manifesto by Lars von Trier, Thomas Vinterberg, Kristian Levring and Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
682
views
views
98
Vienna Secession
group of Austrian artists and architects
676
views
views
99
Shinkankakuha
Japanese literary group
664
views
views
100
naïve art
art movement
663
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