[64] 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.
[65] Calligraphy Japanese Zen Liste. 三昧 sanmai which is a unification with the highest reality. 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. Shodo harada roshi the head of the rinzai zen monastery of sogenji okayama japan giving a demonstration of zen calligraphy.
Zen monks used to create zen calligraphy by clearing their minds following a rule that the brush strokes cannot be corrected. Clarification needed hitsuzendo refers specifically to a school of japanese zen calligraphy to which the rating system of modern calligraphy well proportioned and pleasing to the eye is foreign. Japanese calligraphy modern japanese calligraphy inspired in buddhism and zen it is my wish to bring you closer to the beauty and spiritual power of japanese calligraphy.
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. Japanese calligraphy 書道 shodō also called shūji 習字 is a form of calligraphy or artistic writing of the japanese language.