brush painting; hair-pencil picture; wash drawing
Refers to a picture or drawing made with a brush, often in East Asian ink painting or Western wash techniques. The term is somewhat technical and less common in everyday conversation.
Many brush paintings from the Edo period are on display at this exhibition.
He went to China to study the techniques of brush painting.
日本画 refers to traditional Japanese painting, which often uses brush techniques, but 毛筆画 emphasizes the brush tool itself rather than the national style.
Compound of 毛筆 (brush) and 画 (picture). The term is straightforward and transparent in meaning.