Caption on front [translation]: "Master Nakano ws born in Fukuoka prefecture and is now 50 years old. He first learned under master Tetsuho Takao, who passed away, after he entered the Bukukai. In 1905 he changed to a martial arts teaching institution and became an associate professor in 1906. He received his certificate of refinement at …

Caption on front [translation]: "Kendo Hanshi. There are two people in their fifties among Kendo Hanshi. One is Moriji Mochida, of Hokushin Itto-Ryu, and the other is Sosuke Nakano, of the Dai Nippon Butoku Kai. Mochida was born in Gunma prefecture in 1885 and started to practice kendo when he was 18 years old at the …