Ink and wash painting is an East Asian type of brush painting also known as wash painting or by its Japanese name sumi-e (). Ink and wash painting is also known by its Chinese name shui-mo hua (, Japanese suibokuga (?), Korean sumukhwa). Only black ink — the same as used in East Asian calligraphy — is used, in various concentrations.

In Western art works on paper in similar techniques are generally classified with drawings. Wash painting developed in China during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). Wang Wei is generally credited as the painter who applied color to existing ink and wash paintings.

The art was further developed into a more polished style during the Song Dynasty (960-1279). It was introduced to Korea shortly after China's discovery of the ink. Then, the Korean missionaries in Japan, in helping the Japanese establish a civilized settlement introduced it to Japan in the mid-14th century.[citation needed]

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