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• Xu Baoguang
  *''Chinese/Japanese'': [[徐]] 葆光 ''(Xú Bǎoguāng / Jo Hokou)'' ...for his [[1719]] journey to the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] as an [[Chinese investiture envoys|investiture envoy]], and for his writings on that journe
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• Yashiro Hirokata
  ...(aiding in Hanawa's compilation of the ''[[Gunsho ruiju|Gunsho ruijû]]''), calligraphy under [[Mori Masayoshi]]<!--森尹祥-->, poetry under [[Reizei Tamemura]], ...kugaku'' scholars. He amassed a sizable personal collection of some 50,000 Chinese and Japanese books, which he stored in a series of three buildings he erect
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• Chichi no on
  ...llustrations by [[Hanabusa Ippo|Hanabusa Ippô]] and [[Ogawa Haritsu]], and calligraphy by [[Goshu|Goshû]]<!--五舟--> and [[Katsuma Ryusui|Katsuma Ryûsui]]<!-- The second volume opens with a unique feature - a Chinese poem which begins on the outside cover, and is completed on the inside cove
  3 KB (522 words) - 13:12, 20 February 2013
• Northern Song Dynasty
  *''Chinese'': 北宋 ''(Bei-Song)'' ...ligraphy, and for several paintings which are easily among the most famous Chinese paintings today.
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• Kangxi Emperor
  *''Chinese/Japanese'': 康熙帝 ''(Kāngxī dì / Kouki tei)'' ...ials to the throne, before meeting with officials, presiding over palace [[Chinese imperial examinations|examinations]], and engaging in other obligations. Th
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• Shikinaen
  ...in it, and a Chinese-style stone bridge, received enthusiastic praise from Chinese visitors. The garden has two gates - a main gate (正門, ''seimon'') used exclusively by Chinese envoys and members of the royal family, and a smaller side gate (通用門,
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• Music
  In ancient Chinese tradition, music is said to have been invented by [[Ling Lun]], a member of ...ts|four accomplishments]] of the cultivated Confucian gentleman, alongside calligraphy, poetry, and [[go|games of strategy]].
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• National Treasures
  ===Paintings & Calligraphy=== ...ju-an]] - various paintings, works of calligraphy, etc. including works of calligraphy by [[Daito Kokushi|Daitô Kokushi]].
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• History of Writing
  ...kanji]]'' and ''[[kana]]'', originated with the adoption and adaptation of Chinese characters in the 5th-7th centuries CE, to be applied to the Japanese (spok ...great many cases for concepts (words) that were not perfectly comparable. Chinese characters were also used solely for their sounds, in order to represent na
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• Tokyo National Museum
  The museum's collections include extensive collections of Chinese and Japanese artworks and artifacts, as well as objects from Korea, South a The first works of Chinese calligraphy and painting obtained by the museum were those from the personal collection
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• Kumemura
  ...missions to [[Edo]] and [[Beijing]], as well as heading the reception of [[Chinese investiture envoys]] in Ryûkyû, and drafting official diplomatic document ...Koreans) who lived there were, to some extent, continually thought of as "Chinese," or at least as coming from different stock than other Ryukyuans, even aft
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• Ryukyu lacquerware
  ...iii.</ref> The adoption or emulation of many elements of [[Ming Dynasty]] Chinese culture by Ryukyuan elites from the late 14th century onward had a profound ...[1715]] by [[Higa Josho|Higa chikudun peechin Jôshô]]<!--比嘉乗昌-->, based on Chinese techniques.<ref name=miyagi116/>. However, scholar [[Tokugawa Yoshinobu (19
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• Japanese books
  ...igraphy-ex.jpg|right|thumb|320px|An ''orihon'' (accordion book) of example calligraphy by [[Ichikawa Beian]]]] ...gether at the outer edge, away from the spine. This is a common format for Chinese albums, and is quite rare among Japanese examples earlier than the Edo peri
  16 KB (2,557 words) - 01:34, 29 April 2018
• Chinese Imperial examinations
  *''Chinese'': 科舉 ''(kējǔ)'' Imperial examinations served as the chief avenue for Chinese subjects to enter the ranks of the [[scholar-bureaucrat]] class, and to gai
  25 KB (3,871 words) - 12:19, 26 September 2017
• Kango boeki
  *''Japanese/Chinese'': 勘合貿易 ''(kangou boueki / kanhe maoyi)'' ...trade. Tallies (J: ''kangô'') held by Japanese merchants certified them to Chinese port officials as licensed merchants or as official Japanese [[tribute]] mi
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• Zen
  *''Japanese/Chinese'': 禅 ''(zen / chán)'', 禅宗 ''(zen shuu / chánzōng)'' Zen (from the Sanskrit ''dhyan'', meaning "meditation")<ref>Via the Chinese, ''chán''. Francis DK Ching, ''A Global History of Architecture'', Second
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• Ryukyu seasonal observances
  ...r (''kissho'', 吉書). The king then returned to the ''shoin'' to change into Chinese-style court costume. ...), i.e. the North, according to the system of assigning [[sexagenary cycle|Chinese zodiac]] figures to the compass directions.
  14 KB (2,139 words) - 09:48, 15 August 2021
• Nikko Toshogu
  ...s sights within the Tôshôgû complex is the Yômeimon, a large ''karamon'' ("Chinese gate") loaded with intricately detailed carving and decorative elaboration. One of the many large [[torii]] on the site bears calligraphy from the hand of [[Emperor Go-Mizunoo]] reading "''Tôshô Dai-gongen''."
  6 KB (939 words) - 04:05, 10 May 2023
• Silk
  ...[[clothing|garments]], but in [[bookbinding]], as ground for paintings and calligraphy, as well as for curtains and a wide variety of other objects. Silk was a major Chinese export going back many centuries, as far back as the [[Han Dynasty]]. It wa
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• Muromachi Period
  ...n|Ôtomo]], and [[Hosokawa clan]]s) engaged in official authorized trade in Chinese ports, through a [[kango boeki|tally trade]] system. Much smuggling, [[wako ...icial samurai patronage of Noh, [[tea ceremony]], various forms of poetry, calligraphy, and painting, and martial arts, Kyoto began to see the expansion of popula
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