Write a one-to two-paragraph essay discussing the outside influences that affected Japanese art during different stages in its history. (Someone help pleaseee)

Japanese paintings have been influenced by Chinese paintings since the 6th and 7th centuries, where Japanese tombs were decorated similar to those in continental Asia. In the Heian period, paintings were imported from China mostly by buddhist monks.

Explanation:

i'm not sure i completely understand your question, but i will do my best.

i think the answer you are looking for is sequence. (see below)

a repeated melodic fragment would be best defined as repetition, while repeated chords (different or the same) could be a chord progression. however, you then mentioned the chord and melodic fragment beginning on higher or lower pitches, in that case, the answer could be best defined as a sequence. the definition of a sequence is as follows: "the restatement of a motif or longer melodic (or harmonic) passage at a higher or lower pitch in the same voice."

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