Zhang Xin

• relevant artists

  • Donggao Xinyue

    Donggao Xunyue, courtesy name was Xin Yue, art name was Dong Gao, born in Pujiang Zhejiang. He was good at calligraphy, painting and seal carving, and was also talented at music. Since he came to Japan, he had great influence on Japanese culture. He founded the Shou Changyi School of the Caodong Zen Buddhism sect, and he socialized a wide range of Japanese monks. He transmitted the Guqin music (a plucked seven-string musical instrument) which had lost its tradition in Japan. He also learned Japanese, and transmitted Japanese poem Waka and Haiku to the world.

  • Shen Quan

    Shen Quan (1682-1760), art name was Heng Zhi, art name was Nan Ping, born in Huzhou Zhejiang, a painter of the Qing Dynasty. He started working as a painter around the age of 20. The flowers, animals and feathers of his works were painted delicately and elegantly, and especially he was good at painting women. He studied abroad in Japan for three years, and he created the bird-and-flower paintng of “Nanping School of Painting”. His works were highly acclaimed in Japan.

  • Fei Qinghu

  • Yi Fujiu

  • Jiang Jiapu