Published in Taisho 1 (1912) - "Kana Bookmark" for Calligraphy by Shundo Nakamura

☆ Calligraphy textbook published in the first year of Taisho (115 years ago)
☆ "Kana Characters Master" calligraphy textbook by Professor Shundo Nakamura of Japan Women's University, which the painter's grandfather owned and cherished in his lifetime for studying calligraphy as a hobby.

【Calligraphy "Kana Shiori" by Shundo Nakamura】
・ Unable to clearly decipher the title due to lack of knowledge of calligraphy.
Published by Shinbunkai, all 118 pages.

・ Shundo Nakamura (August 20, 1868 (Keio 4, July 3) - Japanese calligrapher, Nitten judge.
Son of the Chinese scholar Yohei Nakamura.
Born in Oaza Tanaka, Harai-go, Nakatsu-gun, Buzen Province (present-day Tanaka, Miyako-machi, Kyo-gun, Fukuoka Prefecture).
His real name was Naotomo, his azana was Genkyo, his common name was Umetaro, and his art names were Shundo or Koshinsai.

・ Professor of Calligraphy at the current Japan Women's University in 1901.
・ Served as a judge for the Japan Art Association in 1924 (Taisho 13), a general affairs judge for the Taito Calligraphy Institute in 1929 (Showa 4), an advisor judge for the Japan Calligraphy Art Institute in 1946 (Showa 21), a judge for the Mainichi Exhibition in 1949 (Showa 24), an advisor to the Japan Calligraphy Federation in 1951 (Showa 26), and a Nitten judge in 1952 (Showa 27). He made great contributions to the calligraphy world, especially calligraphy education, over three generations: Meiji, Taisho, and Showa.

・ San Tai Senji / Three-Style Thousand Character Text:
A thousand-character rhyming poem written in China during the time of Emperor Wu.
A book that has been passed down as a calligraphy model from ancient times to the present day.
It consists of a thousand different kanji characters, and it makes sense as a long poem.
It is a kind of bible for people who study calligraphy.
It is convenient not only as a model but also as a dictionary to look up the characters, as it has the three styles of Kaisho (block script), Gyosho (semi-cursive script), and Sosho (cursive script) written side by side.
Many teachers in Japan have also published San Tai Senji texts.
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☆ As shown in the image, the red color of the back cover has transferred to other pages.
This is an old book from 115 years ago, and there is age-related deterioration.
Please consider this as an old book.
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