The corners are slightly bent. There are stains. Shipping is planned via Yu-Pack, cash on delivery. Ryosetsu Imai (今井 凌雪, Imai Ryosetsu, real name: Junichi Imai (今井 潤一), December 19, 1922 – July 26, 2011[1]) was a Japanese calligrapher. He was a professor emeritus at the University of Tsukuba. He was the chairman of the Shodo Kenkyu Sesshinkai. He was a permanent director of the Yomiuri Shodo Exhibition. He was a councilor of the Japan Fine Arts Exhibition (Nitten). He was an honorary advisor to the Japan Calligraphy Art Academy. He was an advisor to the International Calligraphy Federation. Biography Edited Born in Nara City, Nara Prefecture[2]. After graduating from Koriyama Junior High School (now Nara Prefectural Koriyama High School) and Tenri University of Foreign Languages (now Tenri University Faculty of Foreign Languages), he joined Shinshindo. In 1949, he graduated from the Faculty of Law and Literature, Department of Economics, Ritsumeikan University. He studied under Kamaso Nakatani and Shiu Tsujimoto[2]. He served as a professor at Tokyo University of Education, University of Tsukuba, and Daito Bunka University, and as the director of the Calligraphy Culture Center of Daito Bunka University[2]. In 1988, he became the first director of the Daito Bunka University Calligraphy Research Institute (until 1991). In China, he served as an honorary member of the Xiling Seal Society, a visiting professor at the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts, and a concurrent professor at Fudan University in Shanghai, receiving high praise. On television, he served as a lecturer for NHK Educational TV's "Women's Encyclopedia" and "NHK Hobby Course: Enjoying Calligraphy" (April-September 1983) and "NHK Hobby Course: Enjoying Calligraphy - Gyosho and Sosho" (October 1985 - March 1986). He was also a member of the "20 Contemporary Calligraphy Exhibition" sponsored by the Asahi Shimbun. He is also known for being in charge of the titles for Akira Kurosawa's films "Ran" (1985), "Dreams" (1990), and "Madadayo" (1993). In 2002, he also handled the title for the film "The Blessing of the Belladonna," and also the title for the New Japanese Classical Literature Series published by Iwanami Shoten. He died of pancreatic cancer on July 26, 2011, at the age of 88[1].