The trade between Japan and the Sung Dynasty in China was implemented during a period from the Taira clan government in the late Heian period to the Kamakura period, and Chinese culture such as vegetarian dishes and literati painting were imported along with Kamakura Bukkyo (new Buddhist movements of the Kamakura period).
平安末期の平氏政権期から鎌倉時代にかけて日宋貿易が行われ、鎌倉仏教とともに精進料理や文人画などの中国文化が流れ込んだ。