Typical Japanese style calligraphers in the middle era of the Edo period included Masayoshi MORI, Yuhitsu (amanuensis) of the bakufu, Iehiro KONOE who endeavored to restore the jodai style, Chikage KATO who founded the Chikage style, and IKE no Taiga.
江戸時代中期の和様の代表は、幕府右筆の森尹祥、上代様の復興に努めた近衛家熙、千蔭流を成した加藤千蔭、池大雅などがいる。