20+ Calligraphy Japanese Zen

Muromachi period 1336 1537 the art of japanese calligraphy continued to flourish even though during that time civil war and political unrest spread throughout the country.

Calligraphy japanese zen. Harada roshi is also the head of the worldwide one drop zen buddhist. The calligraphy training shodo we do is more like a martial art than anything else to be expected since it was made part of the chozen ji curriculum by omori sogen rotaishi one of the foremost zen teachers sword teachers and calligraphers of the 20th century in japan. Zen monks used to create zen calligraphy by clearing their minds following a rule that the brush strokes cannot be corrected. 200 original artworks by japanese calligrapher fumi wada for martial arts zen poems tea ceremony gifts etc japanese shodo shodo calligraphy japanese culture culture japan. 三昧 sanmai which is a unification with the highest reality. Through my words and my artwork i hope you get enthusiastic about this special art form. Hitsuzendō 筆禅道 way of zen through brush is believed by zen buddhists to be a method of achieving samādhi japanese.

Shodo harada roshi the head of the rinzai zen monastery of sogenji okayama japan giving a demonstration of zen calligraphy.