The term Sanseki (三跡) or "three [brush] traces" is used in Japanese to refer to a group of three famous Heian period calligraphers:
- Ono no Michikaze, known as Yaseki from the character 野 in his name.
- Fujiwara no Yukinari, known as Gonseki from 権 in his court title.
- Fujiwara no Sukemasa, known as Saseki from the character 佐 in his name.
See also edit
- Sanpitsu, a similar group of renowned calligraphers
References edit
- Japan. Monbushō (1893). History of the Empire of Japan. Dai Nippon Tosho Kabushiki Kwaisha, by order of the Department of Education. Printed at the Japan Mail Office, Yokohama. pp. 112–.