As the import of Chinese books and Chinese copybooks printed from the works of old masters of calligraphy was extremely restricted because of national isolation policy from 1633, calligraphic works by these priests in the Obaku school were accepted mostly by Confucian scholars, men of literature, and priests.
寛永10年（1633年）の鎖国によって中国の書籍・法帖などの輸入がきわめて制限されている中、この黄檗僧たちの書は主として儒学者・文人・僧などに受け入れられた。