Study of writings - Jōgaku

Japanese: 帖学 - じょうがく

A school of calligraphy that studies calligraphy from calligraphy scrolls modeled on the calligraphy of Wang Xizhi and Wang Xianzhi (the so-called Two Wangs) of the Jin Dynasty in China. It is the opposite of stone learning. Kang Youwei of the Qing Dynasty called studying stone rubbings and copying calligraphy scrolls "book learning." The Two Wangs perfected the art of regular script, running script, and cursive script into elegant and refined art, and their calligraphy was very popular in aristocratic society from the Six Dynasties to the Tang Dynasty. When Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty had the "Chunhua Ge Edited Works" compiled and revered the calligraphy of the Two Wangs, book learning became the epitome of calligraphy, and book learning flourished during the Yuan Dynasty as well.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国，晋の王羲之･王献之(いわゆる二王)以来の書法を手本とした法帖に学ぶ書派の一つ。碑学に対していう。清の康有為は，碑の拓本によって学ぶことを碑学と呼び，法帖を臨書することを帖学と呼んだ。二王は楷書，行書，草書を優美典雅な芸術に完成し，その書は六朝から唐にかけての貴族社会にたいへん好まれた。宋の太宗が《淳化閣帖（じゆんかかくじよう）》を編纂させて二王の書を尊ぶや，帖学は書法の典型となり，元の時代にも帖学が盛行を極めた。

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