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• Hanshan and Shide
  *''Chinese/Japanese'': 寒山拾得 ''(Hánshān Shídé/ Kanzan Jittoku)'' Hanshan and Shide (J: Kanzan and Jittoku) were Chinese Buddhist monks of the late 8th or early 9th centuries. Iconically associate
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• Baisao
  ...w it as an ideal informal, cultured way to share tea with one another in a Chinese manner. His pseudonym, Baisaô, literally means "old man who sells tea."
  622 bytes (93 words) - 21:08, 22 November 2014
• Ni Zan
  *''Chinese'': 倪瓚 ''(Ni Zan)'' Ni Zan was a Chinese ink painter of the [[Yuan Dynasty]]. He is regarded as one of the greatest
  1 KB (186 words) - 03:36, 12 March 2018
• Wu Peifu
  [[File:Wu peifu - nogi.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Calligraphy by Wu Peifu of a poem by [[Nogi Maresuke]]. It reads:<br> ''Mountain and ri *''Chinese/Japanese'': [[吳]]佩孚 ''(Wú Pèifú / Go Haifu)''
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• Ba Shujun
  *''Japanese/Chinese'': [[馬]] 周詢 ''(Ba Shuujun / Mǎ Zhōuxún)'' A folding fan bearing his calligraphy, produced by him and given as a gift to the operators of the ''[[honjin]]''
  855 bytes (118 words) - 08:34, 24 October 2016
• Dong Qichang
  *''Chinese'': 董其昌 ''(Dǒng Qíchāng)'' ...lor, professional technical skill, and other aspects of the tradition of [[Chinese academic painting]], which he dubbed the "Northern School" of painting, lau
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• Emperor Huizong
  *''Chinese'': 徽宗皇帝 ''(Huīzōng huángdì)'' ...croll painting "Auspicious Cranes" (below) along with a number of works of calligraphy in Huizong's distinctive "Slender Gold" style. Huizong is also known for hi
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• Quan Kui
  *''Chinese/Japanese'': 全魁 ''(Quán Kuí / Zen Kai)'' ...Kui was a Chinese bureaucrat and diplomat who led the [[1756]]-[[1757]] [[Chinese investiture mission]] to the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]], whe
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• Timber Pagoda
  *''Chinese'': 木塔 ''(Muta)'' The Timber Pagoda, built in [[1055]] by the [[Khitan]] (non-Chinese) [[Emperor Daozong of Liao]], is the tallest wooden pagoda in China, and th
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• Obaku
  *''Japanese/Chinese'': 黄檗 ''(Oubaku, Huángbò)'' ...609>Rebeckah Clements, "Speaking in Tongues? Daimyo, Zen Monks, and Spoken Chinese in Japan, 1661–1711," The Journal of Asian Studies Vol. 76, No. 3 (August
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• Seals
  ...role similar to signatures, on official documents, paintings, and works of calligraphy. They are typically carved from small blocks of stone, and dipped in vermil Personal seals in a Chinese- or Chinese-influenced style became common among merchants and other prominent individu
  2 KB (288 words) - 23:37, 18 August 2020
• Rai Sanyo
  Rai San'yô was a notable 18th-19th century ''[[Kangaku]]'' (Chinese Studies) scholar from the [[Hiroshima han|Hiroshima]] area. He was the son ...hall at [[Fukuzen-ji]] temple in [[Tomonoura]] and to have studied poetry, calligraphy, and other works left there by Korean envoys who had stayed at the Taichôr
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• Tenshikan
  ...city of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]], to serve as lodgings for [[Chinese investiture envoys]] who visited the kingdom to formally [[investiture|inve ...r of wooden plaques were displayed in an upstairs area, all inscribed with calligraphy/poetry by notable Ming Dynasty figures.
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• Manchus
  ...of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] during the Qing Dynasty, showing Chinese (琉球國王之印) in [[seal script]] on the right, and an inscription in *''Chinese'': 滿族 ''(Mǎnzú)''
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• Chai Shan
  *''Chinese/Japanese'': [[柴]]山 ''(Chái Shān / Sai Zan)'' ...cial who journeyed to the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] as head of a [[Chinese investiture mission]] for the [[investiture]] of Ryukyuan king [[Sho Hashi|
  2 KB (288 words) - 12:49, 31 March 2018
• Misato Anko
  ...that time, his title was Takebaru ''satunushi''. A fan inscribed with his calligraphy is still held today by the ''[[honjin]]'' at [[Futagawa-juku]], a post-stat
  1 KB (174 words) - 23:52, 9 July 2015
• Huang Xing
  *''Chinese'': [[黄]]興 ''(Huáng Xīng)'' Born to a scholarly family in [[Changsha]], he was well educated in calligraphy, poetry, and other elite arts. He traveled to Japan in [[1902]] to study at
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• Ryo Kochi
  ...e (''hengaku'') at the Buddhist temple Manshû-ji, in [[Mitarai]], based on calligraphy by Ryô Kôchi]] *''Japanese/Chinese'': [[梁]]光地 ''(Ryou Kouchi / Liáng Guāngdì)''
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• Zhou Huang
  [[File:Zhouhuang-calligraphy.JPG|right|thumb|200px|A work of calligraphy by Zhou Huang, from the collection of [[Ichikawa Beian]]. [[Tokyo National *''Chinese/Japanese'': [[周]] 煌 ''(Zhōu Huáng / Shuu Kou)''
  4 KB (661 words) - 03:23, 29 September 2017
• Emperor Taizong of Tang
  *''Chinese/Japanese'': 唐太宗 ''(Táng Tàizōng / Tou Taisou)'' ...ng the Tang Law Code, which would have a profound influence upon all later Chinese dynasties, as well as upon legal structures throughout East Asia. The Japan
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