Fukushima Roshi is head abbot of Tofuku-ji Monastery, one of the great five mountain monasteries (gozan) of Kyoto, Japan, and one of the great centres of the Rinzai Zen tradition. Fukushima's calligraphy is not merely didactic, a gilded vessel to make Zen doctrines more palatable. They are technically masterful, reflecting Fukushima's training in the calligraphic arts from an early age as well as his apprenticeship with Okada Roshi and his kaisho or "block" script, and Shibayama Roshi and his exquisite gyosho script. But like the beneficent force of Shibayama's calligraphy, from which he learned much, Fukushima's calligraphy is a quiet storm, a serene volcano, a compassionate and gentle eruption of the vast energy or ki of the Zen mind. The gentle forms of Fukushima's calligraphy are rife with the erupting force of mushin. This book reproduces twenty pieces of Fukushima's calligraphy, as well as a rare piece done by both Shibayama Roshi and Suzuki Sensei. Set against Fukushima's calligraphy, one can see in it all three generations of bridge builders of one of the most important lineages of dharma transmission from Japan to the United States. To complete things is a magnificent portrait of Bodhidharma (Japanese: Daruma), attributed to the incomparable Zen ink painter Sesshu Toyo (1420-1506). This volume also contains essays on Fukushima in particular and Zen calligraphy in general by some of the leading scholars in the field.
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The gentleness of simple beauty,
This review is from: Zen No Sho: The Calligraphy of Fukushima Keido Roshi (Hardcover)
Jason Wirth has gathered together an impressive group of scholars to comment not only on the work of Fukushima, but also the art of Zen calligraphy itself. This gorgeous book looks at the art of Japanese Calligraphy through the eye of the philosopher-- and illuminates the beauty, grace, and subtelty of this seemingly simple art form-- revealing that what at first may seem to be simple strokes is actually a journey unto itself. Highly recommended for those new to this art form as well those who are already quite familiar.
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Zen Master, Fukushima Keido, United States, New York, Huang Tingjian, Fukushima Roshi, Yuanwu Keqin, Stephen Addiss, Japanese Zen, Audrey Yoshiko Seo, Chan Buddhism, Cook Ding, Disciple's Awakening, National Treasure, Northern Song, Tokyo National Museum, Chan Master, Rinzai Zen, The Art of Twentieth-Century Zen, Elliott Collection, Poem Scroll, Princeton University, Recalling Past Wanderings, Shibayama Roshi, University of Richmond New!
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Zen Master, Fukushima Keido, United States, New York, Huang Tingjian, Fukushima Roshi, Yuanwu Keqin, Stephen Addiss, Japanese Zen, Audrey Yoshiko Seo, Chan Buddhism, Cook Ding, Disciple's Awakening, National Treasure, Northern Song, Tokyo National Museum, Chan Master, Rinzai Zen, The Art of Twentieth-Century Zen, Elliott Collection, Poem Scroll, Princeton University, Recalling Past Wanderings, Shibayama Roshi, University of Richmond New!
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- Zen Comments on the Mumonkan by Zenkei Shibayama on page 20, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One Is; Revised Edition (Penguin Classics) by Friedrich Nietzsche on page 69, page 70, and Back Matter
- The Art of Twentieth-Century Zen: Paintings and Calligraphy by Japanese by Audrey Yoshiko Seo on page 3, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Art of Twentieth-Century Zen: Paintings and Calligraphy by Japanese Masters by Audrey Yoshiko Seo on page 3, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Chinese Calligraphy (A History of the art of China) by Yujiro Nakata on page 44, page 48, and Back Matter
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