Jiang Jiapu

• Jiang Jiapu, a native of Hangzhou during the Qianlong era of the Qing dynasty. His given name was Taijiao, courtesy name Dalai. In 1804, he traveled to Japan and, together with Yi Fujiu, Zhang Qiugu, and Fei Qinghu, was known as one of the “Four Great Masters Who Crossed to Japan.”

• relevant artists

  • Zhao Mengfu

    Zhao Mengfu, styled Zi’ang and also known by the art name Songxue Daoren, was an official and painter-calligrapher of the Yuan dynasty. His wife was Guan Daosheng, a painter and poet of the Yuan dynasty. He was also the maternal grandfather of the Yuan painter Wang Meng. Serving as a Hanlin Academician, he became a leading figure in Yuan literati painting and calligraphy.

  • 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

  • Zhang Xin

  • Lan Ying