By Shozo Sato,Alice Ogura Sato,Gengo Akiba Roshi
Single-line Zen Buddhist koan aphorisms, or zengo, are probably the most universal topics for the conventional eastern brush calligraphy often called shodo. considered as one of many key disciplines in fostering the concentrated, meditative frame of mind so necessary to Zen, shodo calligraphy is practiced usually via all scholars of Zen Buddhism in Japan. After offering a short historical past of eastern calligraphy and its shut courting with the lessons of Zen Buddhism, Sato explains the fundamental provides and primary brushstroke talents that you will want. He is going directly to current thirty zengo, each one featuring:
- An instance by means of a talented Zen monk or grasp calligrapher
- An clarification of the person characters and the Zen koan as a whole
- Step-by-step directions on the right way to paint the word in a couple of kinds (Kaisho, Gyosho, Sosho)
A lovely quantity at the intersection of jap aesthetics and Zen Buddhist proposal, Shodo: The Quiet artwork of eastern Zen Calligraphy courses starting and complicated scholars alike to a deeper knowing of the original brush portray paintings type of shodo calligraphy.
Shodo calligraphy subject matters include:
- The artwork of Kanji
- The 4 Treasures of Shodo
- Ideogram Zengo
- scholars of Shodo
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