The Qing Calligraphers'Works in Japan and The Japanese Admiring Chinese Calligraphy in Edo Period
The Japanese people held Confucianism in high esteem during the Edo period,with a lot of literati fond of the Chinese-Han culture springing up.They favored the'Tangyang'(Karayou-sho)with Chinese calligraphic features over the'Heyang'(Wayou-sho)in style.Japan's closed-door policy during the Edo period led to the limited people coming from the Qing Dynasty merely except the regularly-visiting merchant cargoes with their owners and crew to Nagasaki.Among them are calligraphers,who attracted many a Japanese literati to pay a special visit to Nagasaki for their works and learning calligraphic knowledge from them.Their works as the model of the Chinese calligraphy of that time deserved the best of the'Tangyang'.
the Edo Period'Tangyang'(Karayou-sho)the owner of the Tang vesselendorsementSino-Japanese calligraphy exchange