Shodo: The Quiet Art of Japanese Zen Calligraphy; Learn the Wisdom of Zen Through Traditional Brush Painting

185 Pages·2014·19.66 MB·English

by  Shozo Sato

shodo
The Quiet Art of Japa nese
Zen Calligraphy
Learn the Wisdom of Zen Through Traditional Brush Painting
Shozo Sato
Foreword by GenGo akiba roShi
Gengo akiba roshi
zen adviSor:
alice ogura Sato
aSSiStant to author:
Shinya Fujiwara
CalliGrapher:
TuTTle Publishing
Tokyo Rutland, Vermont Singapore
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Copyright © 2013 by Shozo Sato
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14-15; 24-25, 36-37; 50-51; 66-67; 82-83; 112-113; 154-155;
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Special thanks to Rev. Robert Yanasak for several of the
photographs in Chapter 9.
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Page 2: “Bokki, Spirit of the Brush” by Zakyu-An Sensho¯
depicts the ideogram for ichi, meaning “one.” See pages
15–16.
Right: Mizu Itaru Kiyoshi Nashi Sakana (“Water Reaches
Purity No Fish”) by Zakyu-An Sensho¯. See page 151.
Page 6: Sen Shin (“Purify the Soul”) by Seiko¯ Hirata of
Tenryu-ji. See page 62.