148th Years Anniversary !

Our company was given official permission of "Fude Yui" (making and selling brushes) business from the Hiroshima prefecture and incorporated as "Shiromoto Shoten" in January 1881, and this month is 136th anniversary from the incorporation.

The foundation of our company went back to Mr. Yasubei Shiromoto, who started making brushes in 1869. This year is 148th anniversary for making brushes.

Mr. Kenji Shiromoto, current CEO of the company, is the seventh generation from Yasubei Shiromoto, and he pledges to continue the business toward at least 200th anniversary by being loved by the customers, suppliers, people from the local community.


Kakizome Contest

"Kakizome" Contest in Hiroshima
There was a contest for "Kakizome" for school students at the Hiroshima Prefectural Sports Center on January 9, 2017.
More than 2,000 students, from elementary school to high school, around Hiroshima area took part in this event, and our company supported this event.
People all across Japan write down their resolutions and hopes using a traditional calligraphy brush and Indian ink for the start of the year. We hope many people continue to do this traditional activity, "Kakizome", in the future as well.


Shodo Contest in 2016

We selected the Best Shodo Performance Awards for the Year of 2016 at Shukan New York Seikatsu where we have sponsored the shodo contest.
The Highest Award goes to Ms. Yuki Nakamura (5th Grade), the Prize for the Excellent Work goes to Ms. Rieko Shiozaki (10th Grade) and Ms. Shizu Russel, and Hiroshima Artist Brush Special Prize goes to Mr. Richard Leong. We present our Kumano-Fude (calligraphy brush made in Kumano, Japan) to the above four winners as an extra prize.
The shodo contest for the Year of 2017 has just started. Please join the contest.