日本五良太夫正德入明考

五良太夫明正德来华学习制瓷,因为一向史料缺乏,遂成中日交通史上一大悬案,近50年来众说纷纭。笔者据李春亭家谱等史料考五良太夫确为明正德时人,从李送别五良太夫诗证实五良太夫于正德八年(1513年)确实来华并为日本了庵桂悟使团正式成员;再以王阳明送别了庵桂悟序证五良太夫来华确已经从事了青花瓷器制作。

A Study of the Japanese Gorodayu-go Shonzui's Entry to Ming China in the Zhengde Reign

There has been a great shortage of documentation regarding the journey to China of the Japanese The article Chinese appears fromartisan Gorodayu-go Shonzui who sought the study Chinese porcelain manufacturing technique. For more page 97 to 111.years scholars have disputed his role in this mysterious chapter in the history of Sino-Japanese cul-tural communications. Based on an examination of the family genealogies of Li Chunting and other documents, the author establishes, with reference to a farewell poem to Gorodayu-go Shonzui written by Li Chunting inthe 8th year (1513) of the Zhengde reign, that Gorodayu-go Shonzui was a member of the Japanese party ledby Liaoan Kaigou that travelled to China. Further reference to poem by the philosopher Wang Yangming farewelling Liaoan establishes that when Gorodayu-go Shonzui entered China he was already involved inmaking blue-and-white porcelain.