Shodo : the quiet art of Japanese 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.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Satō, Shōzō, author.

Roshi, Gengo Akiba, author of introduction, etc., consultant.

Sato, Alice Ogura, author.

Contributor:

Fujiwara, Shinya, calligrapher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zen calligraphy.

Calligraphy, Japanese.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (390 p.)

Other Title:

Shodo

Place of Publication:

North Clarendon, Vermont : Tuttle Publishing, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this beautiful and extraordinary book, Shozo Sato, an internationally recognized master of traditional Zen arts, teaches the Japanese art of calligraphy through the power and wisdom of Zen poetry.Single-line Zen Buddhist koan aphorisms or zengo are one of the most common subjects for the traditional Japanese brush calligraphy known as shodo. Regarded as one of the key disciplines in fostering the focused, meditative state of mind so essential to Zen, shodo is practiced regularly by all students of Zen Buddhism in Japan. After providing a brief history of Japanese calligraphy

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; Contents; Foreword by Gengo Akiba Roshi; Preface; INTRODUCTION; Bokki: The Spirit of the Brush; The Chinese Roots of Shodo; The Artistry and Philosophy of Bokuseki; CHAPTER 1 The Art of Kanji; What Is Kanji?; Writing Styles; CHAPTER 2 The Four Treasures in Shodo; The Four Treasures; Mastering the Brush; Useful Information for Basic Brush Strokes; CHAPTER 3 One Ideogram Zengo; Mu ("Nothingness"); Mu or Yume ("Dream"); Hanatsu ("Release"); CHAPTER 4 Two Ideogram Zengo; Nyoze ("As It Is"); Fu Metsu ("Immortal" or "Indestructible"); Sen Shin ("Purify the Soul")

CHAPTER 5 Three Ideogram Zengo Mu Kan Sho ("No Hot Cold"); Kai Da Ko ("Release Beat Drum"); Mu Sho Jū ("No Place to Live"); Zai Gan Zen ("Front of Your Eyes"); CHAPTER 6 Four Ideogram Zengo; Ichi Go Ichi E ("One Lifetime One Meeting"); Wa Kei Sei Jaku ("Harmony Respect Purity Tranquility"); Za Ichi Sō Shichi ("Sit First Dash Seven"); Zui Ha Chiku Rō ("Ocean Waves After Surf "); Sha Za Ki Ssa ("Have Seat Drink Tea"); Zuisho Nushi To Naru ("Wherever, Become Your Own Master"); Dai Dō Mu Mon ("Great Path No Gate"); Shiru Ki Sore Kami ("No Timing Is God"); CHAPTER 7 Five Ideogram Zengo

Hon Rai Mu Ichi Butsu ("Originally [There Was] Not One Thing")Haku Un Onozu Kara Kyo Rai Suru ("White Cloud Oneself Come and Go"); Doku Za Dai Yū Hō ("Alone Seated on the Great Summit"); Nichi Nichi Kore Kō Jitsu ("Every Day Is a Good Day"); Hō Ken Ari Shu Ri ("Treasure Sword in My Hand"); Sei Fū Shū Chiku O Ugokasu ("Fresh Breeze Affects Serene Bamboo"); Gei Dō Kore Butsu Dō ("The Way of Art Is the Way of the Buddha"); Kumo Sari Seizan Arawareru ("Cloud Passes Blue Mountain Appears"); Bu Ji Kore Ki Nin ("Without Stratagem Is Noble Person"); Jiki Shin Kore Dōjō ("Willing Heart Is the Dojo")

Mizu Itaru Kiyoshi Nashi Sakana ("Water Reaches Purity No Fish")CHAPTER 8 Seven & Eight Ideogram Zengo; Ha Kkaku No Ma Ban Kū Ri O Hashiru ("Octagonal Grinding Disk Cuts Through the Universe"); Uchi Ni Mukai Soto Ni Mukai Au Mono O Subete Korosu ("Face In Face Out Meet Person Kill All"); CHAPTER 9 Students of Shodo; Appendix; Glossary; Acknowledgments; Back Cover

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed April 28, 2014).

ISBN:

1-4629-1188-9