List of outstanding Chinese and Japanese calligraphy masters, in chronological order

Great Chinese Masters (by era)

Xia dynasty (夏朝, 2070 - 1600 B.C.E.)

Shang dynasty (商朝, 1600 - 1046 B.C.E.)    

Zhou dynasty (周朝, 1046 - 256 B.C.E.)  

Spring and Autumn Period (春秋時代, 722 – 476 B.C.E.)       

Warring States period (戰國時代, 475 – 221 B.C.E.)

Qin dynasty (秦朝, 221 – 207 B.C.E.)

Han dynasty (漢朝, 206 B.C.E. - 220 C.E.)

Three Kingdoms period (三國時代, 220 - 280 C.E.)

Jin dynasty (晉朝, 265 – 420 C.E.)

Southern and Northern Dynasties (南北朝, 420 - 589 C.E.)

The Sui Dynasty (隋朝, 581–618 AD)

Tang dynasty (唐朝, 618 – 907 C.E.)

Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms (五代十國, 907 – 960/979 C.E.)

Song Dynasty (宋朝, 960 - 1279 C.E.)

Yuan Dynasty (元朝, 1279 - 1368 C.E.)

Ming Dynasty (明朝, 1368 – 1644 C.E.)

Qing dynasty (清朝, 1644 - 1911)

1. Homage to the wizard of seal script - Wu Dacheng
(呉大澂, 1835-1902)

The Republic of China (中華民國, 1912  - 1949)

People's Republic of China (中華人民共和国, 1949 - present)

       
                                                 

                                           

Great Japanese Masters (by era)

Asuka period (飛鳥時代, 592 - 710 C.E.)    

Nara period (奈良時代, 710 - 794 C.E.)

1. A few words about Kūkai (空海, 774 - 835) (article+pictures)

Heian period (平安時代, 794 - 1185 C.E.)

Kamakura period (鎌倉時代, 1185–1333)    

Muromachi period (室町時代, 1336 - 1573)

Azuchi-Momoyama (安土桃山時代, 1568 - 1603)

Edo period  (江戸時代, 1603 – 1867 C.E.)

Empire of Japan (大日本帝國, 1868 - 1947)

Modern era (1947 - present)