Suibo Kuwahara Calligraphy Copper Plate, Cage Script "宗" (Sect/School) Size: Approximately 15 cm x 10.5 cm This is a very valuable piece of work written by Mr. Suibo Kuwahara, who also instructed His Majesty the Emperor, at the age of 89 in his later years. I believe the condition is not bad, but please understand that this item has been stored at home for a long time before purchasing. It will be carefully packed and shipped. Please note that recycled packaging materials may be used. [Suibo Kuwahara] Born in Obihiro Town, Kasai District, Hokkaido (present-day Obihiro City) in 1906. In 1921, he entered the Sapporo Railway Training School and became aware of calligraphy after studying under Kakudo Otsuka. He also met Tei Kaneko and Hanyu Miyake, who would later become calligraphers, during his time at the railway training school. After graduating from the railway training school in 1924 and taking a job, Naitei Kawatani and Tenrai Hidai successively visited Hokkaido. They encouraged him to go to Tokyo, and he went to Tokyo with Kaneko in 1932, and from then on, he studied under Tenrai Hidai. The following year, he participated in the Shodo Geijutsu-sha, which was formed mainly by Soku Ueda. After the war, while keeping a certain distance from the calligraphy world, Kuwahara, like his teacher Tenrai, traveled throughout the country to distribute calligraphy and worked to spread Tenrai's calligraphy (from this, he was also called a traveling calligrapher). Even now, many of Kuwahara's calligraphy works remain in various places. In 1972, he became a calligraphy instructor at the Togu Gosho (Crown Prince's Palace). He passed away on March 27, 1995. In 1995, video footage of Kuwahara's interview and calligraphy was preserved, and Kuwahara wrote "March 19, 1995" in the video, showing that he was still vigorous until his final years. #SuiboKuwahara #KuwaharaSuibo #Calligraphy #Calligrapher #Artist #FineArt #Artwork #Shodo (Calligraphy)