However, while there are many Western paintings which depict beautiful women, the themes in most cases concern mythology, or legend, history or religion (although this is not the case with many of the Western paintings after the 19th century), they cannot always be regarded as being the same as the Japanese bijinga.
しかしながら、美しい女性を描いた洋画は数多いが、そのテーマはほとんどの場合神話や伝説、歴史、宗教などを主題に据えており（19世紀以降の洋画はそうではないものも多いが）、日本の美人画とは必ずしも同一視しがたい。