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• Fujiwara no Yukinari
  ...today seen as a standard or central element of standard styles of Japanese calligraphy.
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• 353
  ...mes described as the most famous of all works of [[Chinese calligraphy]]. (Chinese lunar date equiv. to April 23)
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• Xie He
  *''Chinese'': [[謝]] 赫 ''(Xiè Hè)'' ..., ''Huìhuà liùfǎ''), oft-cited and aspired to throughout later traditional Chinese painting.
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• Zheng Qian
  *''Chinese/Japanese'': [[鄭]]虔 ''(Zhèng Qián / Tei Ken)'' ...term "Three Perfections," referring to the unity of painting, poetry, and calligraphy.
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• Okajima Kanzan
  ...lligraphy, known for compiling the first Japanese dictionary of vernacular Chinese in [[1716]]. ...tion. In [[1716]], he compiled the ''Tôwa san'yô'', a dictionary of spoken Chinese.
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• Dharma Master Hongyi
  [[File:Hongyi.jpg|right|thumb|257px|A work of calligraphy by Hongyi, featuring the character 壽 (C: ''shòu'', J: ''kotobuki'')]] *''Chinese/Japanese'': 弘一[[大師]] ''(Hóngyī Dashi / Houichi daishi)''
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• Ichikawa Beian
  ...Ichikawa-beian-calligraphy.jpg|right|thumb|158px|A poem by Xie Chengju, in calligraphy by Beian. [[Asian Art Museum]], San Francisco.]] ...ime, he also amassed a collection of over one thousand paintings, works of calligraphy, antiquities, rubbings, and the like, from both China and Japan.
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• Lin Hongnian
  [[File:Lin-hongnian-calligraphy.JPG|right|thumb|320px|A work of calligraphy by Lin, given as a gift to King [[Sho Iku|Shô Iku]] of the [[Ryukyu Kingdo *''Chinese/Japanese'': [[林]] 鴻年 ''(Lín Hóngnián / Rin Kounen)''
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• Ko Ien
  *''Japanese/Chinese'': 翁維垣 ''(Kou Ien / Weng Wei-yuan)'' ...ars, or others the mission met with during their journey. One such work of calligraphy by the young Tamagusuku ''satunushi'' survives today in the collection of t
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• Wang Xizhi
  *''Chinese/Japanese'': [[王]]羲之 ''(Wáng Xīzhī / Ô Gishi)'' Wang Xizhi is traditionally regarded as the greatest calligrapher in Chinese history.
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• Orchid Pavilion Gathering
  *''Chinese/Japanese'': 蘭亭集會 ''(Lán tíng jí huì / rantei shuukai)'' ...ssibly the most famous and most influential work in the history of Chinese calligraphy.
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• Pu Xinyu
  [[File:Zhong kui - pu xinyu.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Calligraphy and painting by Pu Xinyu depicting [[Zhong Kui]] (J: Shôki), the Demon Que *''Chinese'': 溥心畬 ''(Pǔ Xīnyú)''
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• Nagasaki interpreters
  ...("[[Tojin|Chinese]]" interpreters) included not only those specializing in Chinese, but also those responsible for interactions with people from a variety of The first head of the Chinese interpreters was [[Feng Hui]], appointed in [[1604]]. Positions as interpre
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• Tei Genkin
  *''Japanese/Chinese'': [[鄭]]元覲 ''(Tei Genkin / Zhèng Yuánjìn)'' ...grapher [[Tei Kakun]], and is known in particular for his role in teaching calligraphy to the ''gakudôji'' of the [[1842]] [[Ryukyuan mission to Edo]], serving a
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• Zheng Sixiao
  *''Chinese/Japanese'': [[鄭]]思肖 ''(Zhèng Sīxiào / Tei Shishou)'' ...btle political message, alluding to the uprooting of cultivated, civilized Chinese culture in the wake of China being taken over by barbarians ([[Mongols]]).
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• Yan Zhenqing
  *''Chinese'': 顏真卿 ''(Yan Zhenqing)'' Yan Zhenqing was a prominent Chinese calligrapher of the [[Tang Dynasty]], and remains one of the most famous an
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• Wang Ji
  *''Chinese'': 汪楫 ''(Wāng Jí)'' ...cial who traveled to the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]] as head of an [[Chinese investiture envoys|investiture mission]] in [[1683]].
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• Sesson Yubai
  ...ed in China for 23 years; his poetry and calligraphy reflects considerable Chinese influences.
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• Donggao Xinyue
  *''Chinese/Japanese'': 東皋心越 ''(Dōnggāo Xīnyuè / Tôkô Shin'etsu)'' ...[[Tokugawa Mitsukuni]], lord of Mito. He is also known for his paintings, calligraphy, and as a talented player of the ''[[qin]]''.
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• Tei Kakun
  [[File:Tei-kakun-calligraphy.JPG|right|thumb|320px|A work of calligraphy by Kakun, donated to the Okinawa Prefectural Museum by the Kamiyama family, *''Japanese/Chinese'': [[鄭]]嘉訓 ''(Tei Kakun / Zhèng Jiāxun)''
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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."
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• 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
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• 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]]''
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• 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
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• 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|
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• 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
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• 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)''
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• 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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• Self-Strengthening Movement
  ...logy in service of the defense of a traditional [[Confucianism|Confucian]] Chinese state. The rhetoric and thought process behind the Movement bears many para ...nt of schools and translation bureaus in [[Canton]] and [[Shanghai]] where Chinese youths could be educated in Western languages, geography, and mathematics.
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• Gusukuma Seiho
  ...nawan History"). Naha: Okinawa Bunka-sha, 1996. p 44.</ref>. He sought out Chinese paintings, and was heavily influenced by them<ref name=kotobank/>. ...to his court, and bestowed upon him the name Ji Ryô. It is said that the [[Chinese investiture envoys]], including [[Du Sance]], who witnessed his painting co
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• Akazaki Kaimon
  ...also known as Teikan, was an 18th century scholar of [[Confucianism]] and Chinese Studies (''[[kangaku]]'') in service to [[Satsuma han|Kagoshima domain]]. Akazaki also spent time in [[Kyoto]], where he studied Japanese calligraphy, ''[[waka]]'' poetry, and related subjects.
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• Shiga Shigetaka
  ...Kingdom]]. Inscribed with the calligraphy of [[Chinese investiture envoys|Chinese investiture envoy]] [[Wang Meng-lou]]<!--王夢楼-->, the plaque was given
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• Guan Daosheng
  ...th to two sons and two daughters of her own. As was typical in traditional Chinese households, Guan, as the wife, managed the household's finances and other a ...ne time, while in Beijing, [[Emperor Renzong of Yuan]], impressed with her calligraphy, commissioned her to produce a copy of the "[[Thousand Character Classic]]"
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• Tani Buncho
  ...uilt his own circles in Edo, holding regular salons to produce and discuss calligraphy and painting, sometimes meeting in public, in restaurants and the like, whe
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• Yamakawa
  ...in the city, and maintains a collection of ''hengaku'' plaques bearing the calligraphy of Ryukyuan scholar-officials.<ref>''Yomigaeru Ryûkyû geinô Edo nobori'' ...e town was known as ''Tôjinmachi'', and contained the homes of a number of Chinese, Ryukyuan, and Southeast Asian traders, and establishments involved in the
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• Sanjo Sanetomi
  [[File:Sanjosanetomi-poem.jpg|right|thumb|320px|A Chinese-style poem in calligraphy by Sanjô Sanetomi, held today at the [[Tokyo National Museum]]]] *Gallery label, "Chinese-style Quatrain in Seven-character Phrases," Tokyo National Museum.[https://
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• Yangban
  ...holar-aristocracy obtained official government posts through a system of [[Chinese imperial examinations|Confucian exams]]. The term ''yangban'' literally mea ...cultural skills, knowledge, and pursuits, and the [[literati]] lifestyle. Calligraphy, the playing of music, the production and appreciation of painting, and the
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• Ike no Taiga
  ...e financial stability in his family. He began studying calligraphy and the Chinese classics at a very young age, and when he was a teenager, he opened a paint Taiga is absolutely known for his works in the literati style, and for his calligraphy, but is also known for introducing the concept of the ''shinkeizu'', or "[[
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