Zen & Martial Art Japanese Calligraphy - download jpeg library Order kanji artwork by a Japanese artist (Mayuko Sumida - artist's biography is below). (US$19 gives you 48 images): - download up to 48 images for just $19 (you are given a 30 day download period) - license included to allow you to use in advertising & web sites
Low-res and distorted sample kanji list:
- download kit includes all high resolution jpeg kanji images & a free license to use the jpegs in web design, brochures & marketing etc.
 - all 48 sayings listed below just $19....
About the Japanese Artist provding the calligraphy: Mayuko
Sumida learnt Shodo (Japanese calligraphy) from her
grandfather who is a sensei in the art. She also practices Japanese karate. She
is from Nagoya Japan and has now begun supplying calligraphy through this
website.
A purchase also
licenses the buyer to use the supplied kanji on your website or other
publication for marketing or decorations. Mayukos standard offerings include the
above kanji.
Brief Article: Origins & Methods of ShoDo Japanese Calligraphy One often sees Karate and Zen Japanese calligraphy hanging in traditional dojo in Japan and the West. Shodo (Japanese calligraphy) has been practiced by some of the most famous martial artists that have ever lived and is an art to be appreciated, and contemplated. Many books relate budo (the martial arts) to shodo as complementary arts and a first rate example includes The sword of No-Sword which documents the life of the sword and zen master Tesshu (book authored by John Stevens; ISBN 0-87773-284-1). This book documents Tesshus study of martial arts, Zen & calligraphy in his journey to enlightenment. Miyamoto Musashi is another famous martial artist who also practiced calligraphy. Japanese calligraphy is more than
simply writing as the Chinese characters are derived from pictographs of what
they represent (below figure). In the Japanese language these characters are
called "Kanji". Many of the requirements for their production mirror that of zen
as it is expressed in fighting: e.g. fluid movement, empty mind, the creation of
strength in what is created, and the movements are often related to those of a
sword in motion.
The 4 primary tools used in
Shodo for the creation of the Japanese artwork include:
Shikishi:
The traditional medium is rice paper, or thicker rice paper boards
called
(Shikishi).
Fude: The brush.
Suzuri: a black
stone container which the sumi is rubbed in to mix with water.
Sumi: Rather than using modern ink the sumi is solid black
material that is rubbed in water in the suzuri to produce the black ink which is
then used for writing (used in the prints created by Mayuko Sumida outlined
below).
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