Invited by He Ruzhang, Qing's Minister in Japan, Yang Shoujing came to Japan in April of 1880 with 13,000 inscriptions and copybooks from the six dynasties of the Han and Wei (three dynasties) period, and stayed in Japan for four years.
明治13年（1880年）4月、楊守敬は清駐日公使何如璋の招きで漢魏(三国)六朝の碑帖13000点を携えて来日し、4年間在留した。