Kagemori Press

Genkouyoushiby Kagemori Press

Write Japanese the traditional way.

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Genkouyoushi Japanese writing practice notebook, Genko Black cover with red 150 seal

A quiet place to practice

Genkouyoushi is the square manuscript paper Japanese students write on. Each character gets its own box, so you see its balance and proportion at a glance. Sit down, pick up a pencil, and fill a few squares a day.

150pages of the traditional square grid

8.5 × 11 inlarge pages with room to write

2 formatspaperback and hardcover

Interior page of the Genkouyoushi notebook: traditional Japanese square manuscript grid

One square, one character

Kanji, hiragana and katakana all sit in the same square. Writing them by hand, one box at a time, is how Japanese students learn to write them from memory. The grid keeps every line even, page after page.

Two editions

Genko Black

Sumi black cover with the red 150 seal.

Genko White

The same notebook in white. Coming soon.