In 1908, Takuboku Ishikawa (1886-1912), a poet born in Iwate Prefecture, sent a brush-written “nengajo” (New Year’s greeting card ... The poet was 21 years old at the time, drifting from ...
GEORGE TOWN: Once a steadfast Chinese New Year tradition, the practice of sending greeting cards is fighting ... the movement control order rekindled old habits. Unable to meet his close friends ...