Is 漢画 the most suitable translation of Chinese style paintings?


Is 漢画 the best translation of Chinese-style painting? I saw it at the Kyoto
National Museum in quotation marks with hiragana above it. By "Chinese style
painting", I mean artworks that use brushes on a paper like surface, usually
has few or just one colour, and often portrays a very mountainous landscape.
An example can be seen in the first few seconds of the music video of Dami
Im's song "Gladiator".

When I tried typing the hiragana for it, かんが, the IME wouldn't let me choose
it directly, instead requiring me to choose one kanji at a time, and 漢画 wasn't
listed in jisho.org, nor was there anything for "Chinese drawing". Doing a
search of 漢画 on Japanese Wikipedia didn't indicate it was a redirect or title
for an article, while looking at the Japanese version of English Wikipedia's
article on the subject had a title of 中国の絵画.




漢画 is not common, although it's not difficult to guess the meaning. 中国の絵画 is
not a set phrase but a simple combination of words meaning "Chinese paintings"
in general.

The art genre you're referring to is widely known to Japanese people as
[水墨画【すいぼくが】](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B0%B4%E5%A2%A8%E7%94%BB) (ink-
wash painting) or more specifically,
[山水画【さんすいが】](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E6%B0%B4%E7%94%BB). These
are the typical 中国の絵画, but 中国の絵画 is of course more than that.




漢画 is not common, although it's not difficult to guess the meaning. 中国の絵画 is
not a set phrase but a simple combination of words meaning "Chinese paintings"
in general.

The art genre you're referring to is widely known to Japanese people as
[水墨画【すいぼくが】](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%B0%B4%E5%A2%A8%E7%94%BB) (ink-
wash painting) or more specifically,
[山水画【さんすいが】](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%B1%B1%E6%B0%B4%E7%94%BB). These
are the typical 中国の絵画, but 中国の絵画 is of course more than that.

