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shod
Shod
Stefan Arteni (Geizan)
a selection of works
1. Illustrated Legends of the Kitano Tenjin Shrine, Kamakura period (11851333), Fletcher Fund, 1925, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Catalog checklist 1
2. The Illustrated Miracles of Kannon, Kamakura period, 1257, Sugawara Mitsushige calligrapher, Louisa Eldridge McBurney Gift 1953, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
3. The Great Woven Cap, set of scrolls, Edo period, 17th century, Asakura Juken calligrapher, Spencer Collection, The New York Public Library Catalog checklist 4b
4. The Tale of Gio, set of scrolls, Momoyama period, 16th century, Spencer Collection, The New York Public Library Catalog checklist 8
5.The Tales of Ise, pair of six-panel folding screens, Edo period, 17th century, Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation
Those who commissioned or collected the works were already familiar with the stories handed down, told and retold for a long time. Essentially, the aim of the viewer was to evaluate the skill of the painter, to ascertain the proficiency of the calligrapher and to compare the work to similar versions one may use a musical analogy, variations on a theme, or one may imagine the same scenario with a different range of visual effects. [On the common origin of writing and painting see: http://www.scribd.com/collections/2802580/Stefan-Arteni-Writing-Systems-ArtCommunication ] A person looking at calligraphy is usually a practitioner of the art and consequently will be able to follow mentally the graphic variability of characters and the movement of the brush, its turns and speed. Sho can be viewed either as just a text to be read or as a painterly composition, In the latter case, readability becomes irrelevant. [Luhmann s communication theory: one can focus on either the information or how the information is expressed.. E.g. The Tales of Ise screen the writing, although still readable, becomes part of the design, it modulates the large gilded areas.] Like Zen, Sho can be analyzed, it can be described, it can be sensed but it is a vague image with no substance until it is experienced: 'The path of words has been cut out.
Way, Path
(Chinese: Tao, Dao Japanese: D, Michi) Stefan Arteni (Geizan) www.art-virtue.com/styles/kai/index.htm
Yamamoto Gempo 1866-1961 (Rinzai sect) John Stevens, Sacred Calligraphy of the East, Shambhala, Boulder & London, 1981, p. 195
Tao (D). It is not angry even if its stepped on (Kato) Ryuho Zensho 1915-1992 (Rinzai sect) http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/org/jikyu-an/9167.html
Tanaka Setsuzan
Kumo Mushin Torin Ozeki (Soen) b 1932 (Rinzai sect) http://cameronjcampbell.name/Tier2/Japanese_calligrap hy/Ozeki_Torin/Ozeki_Torin_kumomushin.jpg
Kkai () known posthumously as Kb-Daishi ( The Grand Master Who Propagated the Buddhist Teaching) 774835
Kb Daishi/Kkai is credited with the invention of the syllabic writing system. According to tradition, he also composed the Iroha, a poem which is a perfect pangram, containing each character of the syllabary exactly once. Iroha is a poem about the impermanence of all things. The first syllables, i and ro, iro, mean color, form. The context of the poem brings to mind The Heart Sutra: form is emptiness, emptiness is form.
Iroha poem (the old text)
Iroha poem (modern form) http://www.japanisch-netzwerk.de/Thread-Japanische-Pangramme-von-der-Heian-Zeitbis-heute?page=2
Iro wa niedo Chirinuru o Waga yo tare zo Tsune naran Kyo koete Asaki yume mi-ji Ei mo sezu Though the colors [of autumn flowers] Are bright, They fade away. Who in this world of ours May continue forever? Crossing today the boundaries of the physical world, No more shallow dreams or intoxication. http://kc-shotokan.com/Essays/nantenbo.htm
Iroha poem
http://www.japanischnetzwerk.de/Thread-JapanischePangramme-von-der-Heian-Zeitbis-heute?page=2
The Heart Sutra Part 1 Oh-Yang Sheun 557-641 (China) www.artvirtue.com/hi story/tang/ta ng.htm
The Heart Sutra Part 2 Oh-Yang Sheun 557-641 (China) www.artvirtue.com/hi story/tang/ta ng.htm
Iroha
Folding screen Iroha poem Yamaoka Tesshu 1836 1888 John Stevens, The Sword of No Sword, Shambhala, Boston & Shaftesbury, 1989, p. 100
Folding screen set and details Iroha poem Shoun (Sohan Gempo) 1848-1922 (Rinzai sect) www.thekura.com/items/974560/en5st ore.html
Folding screen set, details Iroha poem Shoun (Sohan Gempo) 1848-1922 (Rinzai sect) www.thekura.com/items/974560/en5store. html
Folding screen set, detail, Iroha poem Shoun (Sohan Gempo) 1848-1922 (Rinzai sect) www.the-kura.com/items/974560/en5store.html
Folding screen set, details, Iroha poem Shoun (Sohan Gempo), 1848-1922 (Rinzai sect) www.thekura.com/item s/974560/en5 store.html
Folding screen set, detail, Iroha poem Shoun (Sohan Gempo) 1848-1922 (Rinzai sect) www.the-kura.com/items/974560/item974560store.html
Folding screen set, details, Iroha poem Shoun (Sohan Gempo) 1848-1922 (Rinzai sect) www.thekura.com/ite ms/974560/e n5store.html
Folding screen set, detail, Iroha poem Shoun (Sohan Gempo) 1848-1922 (Rinzai sect) www.the-kura.com/items/974560/item974560store.html
Iroha poem (first panel of a pair of folding screens) Nakahara Nantemb 1839-1925 (Rinzai sect) http://kcshotokan.com/Essays/nantenbo. htm
Iroha poem Tea bowl by Ogawa Takeo with calligraphy by Shimizu Kosho (Kegon sect) 20th century http://www.asianart.com/Bach mannEckenstein/5.html
Iroha poem Tea bowl by Ogawa Takeo with calligraphy by Shimizu Kosho (Kegon sect) 20th century http://www.asianart.com/BachmannEckenstein/5.html
Edo period
When the mountain is high the moon rises late Kan Tan'y 16021674 www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/work/2 96.1986/
Edo period 17th 18th centuries www.japanese screens.com/it ems/6526_652 6A_sixfold_pap er_screen_...
A Tang poem, "Maple Bridge Night Mooring: The moon sets, crows sing, and frost fills the sky. Maple trees along the river and fires in the fishing boats face me, sleepless with lament. The bell of Cold Mountain Temple outside Sozhou tolls, At midnight, the sound reached this boat. Ike no Taiga 1723-1776 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York http://www.flickr.com/photos/pe terjr1961/3733852639/
Ichi, ni, san and I Ro Ha, Rykan Taigu , 17581831 (St sect) John Stevens, Sacred Calligraphy of the East, Shambhala, Boulder & London, 1981, p. 168
www.artgallery.nsw.gov.au/work/352.1994 tagaki Rengetsu (potter, painter, calligrapher, skilled at dance, martial arts, tea ceremony) 17911875 (Jodo sect) zenwomen.org/work/otagaki-rengetsu/otagakirengetsu-gallery/
tagaki Rengetsu (potter, painter, calligrapher, skilled at dance, martial arts, tea ceremony) 17911875 (Jodo sect) http://www.bachmanneckenstein.com/exhibitions/past/2012/Asia_Week/images/1546-1.JPG
tagaki Rengetsu (potter, painter, calligrapher, skilled at dance, martial arts, tea ceremony) 17911875 (Jodo sect) http://www.bachmanneckenstein. com/exhibitions/past/2012/Asia_ Week/images/1526-p.JPG
tagaki Rengetsu (potter, painter, calligrapher, skilled at dance, martial arts, tea ceremony) 17911875 (Jodo sect) www.asianart.com/B achmannEckenstein /d11206.html
The "Three Shu" (Katsu Kaishu, Takahashi Deishu, and Yamaoka Tesshu) 19th century
kashima-arts.com/kakejiku/kindai_sho/gallery/katsu.html
robynbuntin.com/ItemDetail.asp?ProductID=3716
The way of the warrior (Bushido ) http://www.vam.ac.uk/con tent/articles/z/zencalligraphy/ Takahashi Deish 1835 - 1903 http://web.kyotoinet.or.jp/org/jikyuan/8511.html http://web.kyotoinet.or.jp/org/jikyuan/8512.html
http://www.nagaragawagarou.com/ga/deisyu-byoubu1.jpg
http://www.nagaragawagarou.com/deisyu-suichiku1.jpg
Modern period
Bairei Kono 1844-1895 (artist) http://visipix.dynalias .com/cgibin/view?userid=105 9555991&q=%272a Authors/B/Bairei%2 018441895%2C%20Koun o%2C%20Japan%2 7&n=0&p=1&l=en&u =2&ub=1&k=0
www.artfixdaily.com/art wire/release/161515th-asia-weekexhibi...
A pine tree in the cold - the colour lasting a thousand years. An old farmer with flowers in his hand - spring everywhere. Nakahara Nantemb 1839-1925 (Rinzai sect) http://www.bachmanneckenstei n.com/exhibitions/past/2001/Ink traces_Zen_Painting_by_Nante mbo_Deiryu_Bunsho_Gitei/pain tings/10.html
Heading straight in clouds. (Hoshino) Taigen Seidou 1885-1962 (Rinza sect)i http://web.kyotoinet.or.jp/org/jikyu-an/9094.html
Tenpu Nakamura 1876-1968 (intelligence officer, businessman, created Japanese yoga) www.shogaya.com/html-e/syoka-page2.htm
Mind (Kono) Enkai Sokan 1901-1970 (Rinzai sect, ceramic artist, selected as important intangible cultural asset in 1958) http://web.kyoto-inet.or.jp/org/jikyu-an/9125.html
Hisamatsu Shinichi 1889-1980 (philosopher, Zen Buddhist scholar, tea ceremony master) http://www.jikyuan.com/9029.html
Hisamatsu Shinichi 1889-1980 (philosopher, Zen Buddhist scholar, tea ceremony master) www.nagaragawagarou.com/enhisamatsushinichi.html
Hisamatsu Shinichi 1889-1980 (philosopher, Zen Buddhist scholar, tea ceremony master) www.nagaragawagarou.com/englishindex.html
Hisamatsu Shinichi 1889-1980 (philosopher, Zen Buddhist scholar, tea ceremony master) www.nagaragawagarou.com/enhisamatsushinichi.html
Hisamatsu Shinichi 1889-1980 (philosopher, Zen Buddhist scholar, tea ceremony master) www.nagaragawagarou.com/enhisamatsushinichi.html
Everlasting green color of pine trees expresses the longevity. (Tani) Kogetsu Soko 1931-1994 (Rinzai sect) http://www.jikyu-an.com/8342.html
A god in the heavens, a spirit in the ground Suda Kokuta 1906-1990 http://www.asianart.com/Bachm annEckenstein/6.html .
Hibino Koho http://www.britishmuse um.org/research/searc h_the_collection_datab ase/search_object_ima ge.aspx?objectId=166 5631&partId=1&search Text=frame&searchTer m=frame&orig=%2fres earch%2fsearch_the_c ollection_database.asp x&numPages=200&cur rentPage=1&output=se archText%3dframe%26 ItemsPerPage%3d200 &asset_id=220207
Style
Tanaka Setsuzan
Tanaka Setsuzan
Tanaka Setsuzan
Tanaka Setsuzan
Painting calligraphy
A bamboo (pipe) leads water toward my place Mugaku Bun'eki 1818-1897 (Rinzai sect) http://www.asianart.com/Bachm annEckenstein/3.html
From Morning to Evening (let your spirit) Soar pair of twofold screens Meiji period www.japanesescreens.com/items/6303_6303_A_pair_of_twofold_pape...
Teshima Yukei http://www.pix elcreation.fr/fil eadmin/img/s as_image/gal erie/illustratio n/Calligraphie %20japonais e/02%20teshi ma_yukei.jpg
Yamaoka Tesshu 1836-1888 http://www.shogaya.com/indexe.ht ml Kouji.Takahashi, owner of Antique Art Rakunan-Japanese Hanging Scrolls, the company which sells this work, declares: I am not able to read this calligraphy .
Yamaoka Tesshu 1836-1888 http://www.shogaya.com/indexe.ht ml Kouji.Takahashi, owner of Antique Art Rakunan-Japanese Hanging Scrolls, the company which sells this work, declares: I am not able to read this calligraphy
A haiku by Kobayashi Issa Stefan Arteni (Geizan) Centre column: one character appears to be missing