Purchased from a used bookstore to study calligraphy. The binding is sturdy, and the inner pages are also clean. It's in English, but you can still learn from the chronological images of calligraphy, etc. It's a large, heavy book. It will be a Kuroneko Yamato size 80. Rough measurements: approximately 297mm wide, 307mm tall, and 25mm thick. This book was published on August 1, 2003. There is natural aging and deterioration, as shown in the images. If you are interested in calligraphy, please consider it.