This is a memorial museum converted from the home of modern kana calligrapher Tsuneko Kumagai. Besides Tsuneko Kumagai's works, I think the museum building itself, built in 1936, is a highlight. For an early Showa building it doesn't feel old-fashioned, but you can sense a Japanese charm throughout. When I visited, about 20 works were on display, so it's not a very large facility. I think it's good to visit together with the Ryushi Memorial Museum and the Ota City Folk Museum in the Magome area.

This is the memorial museum of Tsuneko Kumagai, a leading figure in kana calligraphy. Since it was made by renovating the home where she lived, you can see not only her calligraphy but also her study and garden, and I felt closer to her. Looking at her life story, I felt she was destined to follow the path of calligraphy. It's in a quiet residential area and requires a bit of a walk from the nearest station, but I'd like to visit again.

It takes just under 10 minutes on foot from Nishi-Magome Station. She is an artist renowned for "chirashi-gaki." According to the explanation, chirashi-gaki is a way of arranging characters unique to kana, in which characters are scattered "according to the writer's taste and ideas, without any particular format, freely as one wishes." Photography is not allowed inside.

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A modern female kana calligrapher, also known for having lectured Empress Emerita Michiko. The home she lived in was renovated and opened in Heisei 2. Apparently her works and favorite belongings are on display. It's located in a corner of a residential area in Minami-Magome, and the garden is very beautiful. It was early in the morning so it wasn't open yet. The text on the information board in front of the gate was peeling off.

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A modern female kana calligrapher. Her former residence, where she lived for many years, has been converted as-is into a memorial museum, so you can feel Showa-era life. At the entrance you sanitize your hands and change into slippers. The telephone room has also been preserved. Her works are displayed in exhibition rooms converted from each room, and you can go up to the 2nd floor. Plum blossoms were blooming in the garden. Admission is 100円 for adults, 50円 for children, and free for those 65 and over and 5 and under. Even if you don't know much about calligraphy, just walking around the museum and looking at the lovely garden is worth the admission.