This is a collection of Naotori Shusen's sentimental memories of his youthful days with Ishikawa Takuboku, written on a shikishi board (a square piece of thick paper) in remembrance of "A Handful of Sand," and was written 10 months before he departed for the land of the dead. (See image 3) It comes with an explanatory note from the Shikishi and Shusen's Monument Construction Committee. It was something I had at home, so I don't know the details. There is a fold at the bottom right of the explanatory note. Please purchase only if you understand that this item has been in someone else's hands. I also have many other works by Naotori Shusen on display. Please take a look from my profile page (^^) Naotori Shusen Born in Kushigata-cho, Nakakoma-gun, Yamanashi Prefecture (present-day Minami-Alps City). His real name was Yoshinosuke. He went to Tokyo in his childhood and studied Japanese painting under Kaisen Kubota and Hyakusui Hirafuku. In 1906 (Meiji 39), he was selected for the Inten exhibition with "Umi no Ryujin" (Sea Dragon God), and later recommended as an Inten friend. At the same time, he joined the Asahi Shimbun Company and drew illustrations for many newspaper novels, including Natsume Soseki's "Sanshiro," Shimazaki Toson, Morita Sohei, and Izumi Kyoka. Later, as an actor-picture painter, he published many woodblock prints such as "Shusen Nigao-shu" (Shusen's Portrait Collection) and "Shinban Butai no Sugatae" (New Edition of Stage Pictures). He built a new era for actor pictures in the Showa era. Shusen had aspects as a Japanese painter who admired Hyakusui Hirafuku, and as an illustration painter for novels in the Asahi Shimbun, but it was his actor picture woodblock prints, such as the "Creative Woodblock Print Shusen Nigao-shu," that particularly elevated his name.