عنوان

Shodo :

(Number (ISBN

4805312041 (hardcover)

(Number (ISBN

9784805312049 (hardcover)

Number

b423866

Title Proper

Shodo :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

the quiet art of Japanese Zen calligraphy : learn the wisdom of Zen through traditional brush painting /

First Statement of Responsibility

Shozo Sato ; foreword by Gengo Akiba Roshi ; Zen advisor, Gengo Akiba Roshi ; assistant to author, Alice Ogura Sato ; calligrapher, Shina Fujiwara

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

176 pages :

Other Physical Details

illustrations (some color) ;

Dimensions

32 cm

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references

Text of Note

"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 and its close relationship with the teachings of Zen Buddhism, Sato explicates the basic supplies and fundamental brushstroke skills that you will need. He goes on to present thirty zengo, each with: an example by a skilled Zen monk or master calligrapher; an explanation of the individual characters and the Zen koan as a whole; and step-by-step instructions on how to paint the phrase in a number of styles (Kaisho, Gyosho, Sosho). A stunning volume on the intersection of Japanese aesthetics and Zen Buddhist thought, Shodo guides beginning and advanced students alike to a deeper understanding of this unique brush painting art form."--Publisher's website

Parallel Title

Quiet art of Japanese Zen calligraphy

Calligraphy, Japanese

Zen calligraphy

Class number

Book number

Satō, Shōzō,1933-

Akiba Roshi, Gengo

Fujiwara, Shina

Sato, Alice Ogura

Date of Transaction

20141010231526.0

Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))

rda

Electronic name

[Book]

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