Damjing
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Damjing was a Korean Buddhist priest who imported the first paper to Japan from Goguryeo
Goguryeo
Goguryeo or Koguryŏ was an ancient Korean kingdom located in present day northern and central parts of the Korean Peninsula, southern Manchuria, and southern Russian Maritime province....

 in Korea, around 610, where fibres (called bast) from the mulberry
Mulberry
Morus is a genus of flowering plants in the family Moraceae. The 10–16 species of deciduous trees it contains are commonly known as Mulberries....

 tree were used. Because of this, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 could advance a little faster and was able to keep track of history. In 610 CE, he introduced papermaking skills to Japan along with ink sticks, a millstone, and coloring methods.

External links

Brief biography of Dam Jing at empas
Empas
Empas was one of the popular total internet search tools and web portal sites in South Korea. The service was launched in 1998 by Knowledge Plant Corporation , which changed its name to Empas Corporation in 2004...

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