The Counterfeited Chinese Calligraphy Rubbings of Being Imported to Edo Japan

摘要

There were 151 kinds of Chinese calligraphy rubbings, totally 3797 volumes, being imported to Japan in Edo period. But all these rubbings could not be considered to be authentic works, and some of them couldn’t be distinguished if they were authentic works or not. In that case, how about the condition of those counterfeited rubbings which were imported to Japan? In this paper, I will focus on these counterfeited rubbings of being imported to Japan, then explored the condition of it and the influence to the area of calligraphy of Japan.