Concerning calligraphy of modern poems, Otei KANEKO (Otei) wrote in 1933 a "shin-chowa-tai" (new harmonious style) theory on "Sho no Kenkyu" (Study of calligraphy), and made public the calligraphy of "Akikaze-no-uta" (song of autumn wind) by Toson SHIMAZAKI, and "Keyaki" (zelkova trees) and "Kayani" by Hakushu KITAHARA.
近代詩文書については、昭和8年（1933年）金子鴎亭（鷗亭）が『書之研究』に「新調和体」論を展開し、島崎藤村の「秋風の歌」や北原白秋の「けやき」・「かやに」を発表した。