This body named "Nihon Shodo Sakushin Kai" (literally, an association for promoting calligraphy in Japan) was organized through efforts of Shunkai BUNDO, starting the history of the modern calligraphic society in Japan.
会名を「日本書道作振会」としたこの団体は豊道春海の尽力により結成し、ここに近代書壇史が始まった。