Hitsuzendo

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Hitsuzendo (筆禅道 hitsuzendō?), or the "Art of the Brush", is a method of achieving Samadhi (Jap.: samaai) (unification of individual with the highest reality). 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. Instead, the calligraphy of Hitsuzendo must breathe with the vitality of eternal experience.

[edit] Origins

Inspired by the teachings of Yamaoka Tesshu (1836-1888), the actual founder of the Hitsuzendo line of thought was Yokoyama Tenkei (1885-1966) as a "practice to uncover one's original self through the brush."

[edit] See also

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References
  • Terayama, Tanchu, Zen Brushwork - Focusing The Mind With Calligraphy And Painting ISBN 4-7700-2944-6
  • Kuwahara, Kokugyo, Website with examples of Hitsuzendo www.doku-zen.de
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