Rinsho has been performed since ancient times as the means to learn the classics and others, and that of "Wang Xi-Zhi Gakkiron" by Wang Xizhi exists in Shosoin Treasure House thanks to Empress Komyo during the Nara period (the eighth century).
臨書は古典などの学習手段として古来から行われており、奈良時代の光明皇后による王羲之の『王羲之楽毅論』の臨書が正倉院に現存する。