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Subject:Need some help.
Posted By: Steve Recz Thu, Jul 07, 2022 IP: 2601:243:2081:12a0:d

Need help with translation and artist identity.



Subject:Re: Need some help.
Posted By: I.Nagy Sun, Jul 10, 2022

Middle,
独立自尊 - Dokuritsu jison - Independence and self-esteem
Left top,
有間九壽 社長 - (To) Arima Hisanaga President
Left bottom (my tentative reading)
居子 - Kiyoshi
Seal (my tentative reading)
古澤 - Furusawa

With regards,
I.Nagy

Subject:Re: Need some help.
Posted By: Steve Recz Mon, Jul 11, 2022

Once again. Thanks very much for your assistance.

Steve

Subject:Re: Need some help.
Posted By: mikeoz Mon, Jul 11, 2022

Dear I Nagy,

The second character of the seal would appear to be 薘. So the seal could possibly be for a pen-name - Old Beetroot. Maybe he had a red face.

Please correct my suggestion.

Subject:Re: Need some help.
Posted By: I.Nagy Mon, Jul 11, 2022

Dear Mikeoz、
I think you are right with 薘
However, meantime I found an artist with a gō 古蓬
Kohō.
Kumazawa Kohō 熊澤古蓬
Early Showa period painter

Regards,
I.Nagy

Subject:Re: Need some help.
Posted By: Steve Recz Mon, Jul 11, 2022

Thanks for your help. Would you know the purpose of the piece is it art is it a poem.
Please excuse my ignorance.

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Subject:Re: Need some help.
Posted By: I.Nagy Thu, Jul 14, 2022

"Independence and self-esteem" is one of the principles of the Keiō University (Tōkyō) set out by its founder Fukuzawa Yukichi.
The calligraphy is done in a shikishi (colored paper).
Shikishi (色紙) or colored paper is a square cardboard for writing waka poems, haikus and pictures. There are shikishis also with various patterns and colors framed in gold or silver paint. The dimensions are 20 x 17 cm or18 x 16 cm.
Restaurants and other frequented places where celebrities can visit always have a shikishi on hand, just in case a celebrity visits.
The celebrity usually writes (or draws) something on request in memory of the visit. It is a kind of Visitors`Book - later the restaurant etc. displays these shikishis in a prominent place.

In this case, seemingly the artist visited a company where the name of Shachō (President) was
Arima Hisanaga. In Japan the title Shachō can have several meanings depending on the situaation
e.g. head of company, chief, boss etc. - could be an owner of a restaurant or bar etc.

With regards,
I.Nagy



Subject:Re: Need some help.
Posted By: Steve Recz Fri, Jul 15, 2022

I.Nagy

Once again you’ve gone way beyond sharing your knowledge
With someone just starting to learn about another culture.

Thanks


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