① Shikō Munakata Postcard (handwritten) *August 24, Showa 25 (1950) ★ From the Toyama evacuation period (★ from Showa 20 (1945) to ★ 6 years and 8 months). With the "Toyama Prefecture (Fukumitsu) Aizen-en" seal. [Perhaps due to the fact that it was addressed to someone in the calligraphy field, the strokes and dots are more carefully arranged than in other Munakata Shikō postcards, and both sides show clarity in the work, making it an excellent piece.] [Text] [Front] Thank you very much for the manuscript. I wonder how much I troubled you. [Back] I didn't even have time to hear from Mr. Ogawa, so I wrote it down. Thanks to you, a good manuscript was born. I would like to send it to "Shogen" (Calligraphy Journal). It seems that the lecture in Inami the other day has welled up, and I am very happy. Shikō Munakata was in Fukumitsu, Toyama Prefecture during the evacuation. At that time, Shikō Munakata, who was discovered by Sōetsu Yanagi of the Folk Art Movement, was just beginning to be noticed by some people. He was not yet as popular as other famous artists. During his stay in Toyama, Shikō Munakata met Masayasu Ōsawa, a calligrapher who was in Toyama Prefecture as a teacher leading the evacuation of children, and it is said that he opened his eyes to calligraphy. Masayasu visited Fukumitsu City and deepened his friendship with Shikō Munakata, and they also collaborated on "Naked Performance." This postcard was addressed to Kyōko Fujioka and Nobuko Ogawa, calligraphers who belonged to Masayasu Ōsawa's calligraphy group. The text also mentions that Shikō Munakata will send a manuscript to Masayasu Ōsawa's calligraphy magazine "Shogen." (Based on information from the website of Kobijutsu Nagasawa) ② ★ Four issues of Shikō Munakata's contributions to "Shogen" ★ Four issues containing contributions by Shikō Munakata to "Shogen," a calligraphy magazine by Masayasu Ōsawa, with whom he interacted during his Toyama evacuation period. Published around Showa 25 (1950), the year the postcard was written. ★ These are materials that reveal Shikō Munakata's infatuation with Ōsawa Masayasu's calligraphy and his inclination towards calligraphy as a genre. ★ He speaks of his aesthetic appreciation of calligraphy in his own words, making it a highly reliable source. ★ Furthermore, it is an indispensable material for exploring the influence on his later style and developing more accurate discussions of his works and the artist. ① No. 21. ② No. 27. ③ No. 29. ④ No. 40.