Final Price [Rare! One-of-a-kind! Hard to find!] Kuwahara Suikoh Sensei Calligraphy Work "Raku" (Joy/Ease)

Calligraphy Work by Professor Suiho Kuwahara: Raku (Joy/Ease)

Size: Approximately 90 x 45 cm

This is a very precious work created by Professor Suiho Kuwahara, who also instructed His Majesty the Emperor, when he was around 83 years old.

While I believe the condition is good, please purchase with the understanding that this is a long-term home storage item.

It will be carefully packed and shipped.
Please note that recycled materials may be used for packing.

[Suiho Kuwahara (桑原 翠邦)]

Born in 1906 in Kawanishi District, Obihiro Town, Hokkaido (present-day Obihiro City). In 1921, he entered the Sapporo Railway Training School and began to focus on calligraphy after studying under Tsuruto 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 starting a job, he was encouraged to move to Tokyo by the visits of Shotai Kawaya and Tenrai Hidai to Hokkaido. In 1932, he moved to Tokyo with Kaneko and subsequently studied under Tenrai Hidai. The following year, he joined the Shodo Geijutsu-sha (Calligraphy Art Society), which was formed with Kyujo Ueda as its central figure.

After the war, while maintaining a certain distance from the established calligraphy world, Kuwahara, like his teacher Tenrai, traveled throughout Japan, distributing his calligraphy and striving to spread Tenrai's style (hence, he was also known as a traveling calligrapher). It is said that many of Kuwahara's works remain in various places even today.

In 1972, he became a calligraphy instructor at the Imperial Palace.

He passed away on March 27, 1995. A video of Kuwahara's interview and calligraphy demonstration, filmed in 1995, remains. In the video, Kuwahara writes March 19, Heisei 7 (1995), indicating that he was vigorous until his final years.

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