Rikugun Bijutsu Kyōkai (陸軍美術協會, Army Art Association; 1939 - 1945) was a unit within the Japanese Imperial Army tasked with producing artistic works glorifying Japan's war effort and the bravery of its soldiers. Painters of the Rikugun Bijutsu Kyōkai usually travelled with the troops to the front lines and made on-the-spot sketches of battles, similar to combat photographers of the U.S. Army Signal Corps.