Nan-fang Shuo, on the other hand, argues that Japan's highly refined style of decorative art dates back over a millennium to the Heian period, and that even though it can sometimes be quite elaborate, there is nevertheless a pleasing elegance about it that is unsurpassed anywhere in the world.
不過南方朔倒認為，華麗精緻的風格早自日本平安時代（西元七九二至一一九二年）即流傳下來，雖然奢華，卻給人精緻清爽的感受，這樣的特質全球無人能出其右。