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Calligraphy from Friends

. Joys of Japan - facebook


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Jon Leniz




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Niko Shodou

. Daruma by Niko Shodou .







龍 - Sárkány - Dragon

2012 a sárkány éve lesz.
Vázlatok az új évhez, kalligráfiákhoz, tusképekhez.

on facebook
- Year of the Dragon
Sketches for a new year, calligraphy and sumi-e


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The Year of the Water Dragon

On January 23 rd, 2012, we enter the Year of the Yang (陽, pinyin: yáng, lit. “sun”; male element Yang) Water Dragon, which appears in a 62 year cycle. It is a year I have been awaiting for a long time. Its symbolism is closely related to East Asian calligraphy, and it also gives me the opportunity to explain my pen name.

Dragons in Far Eastern mythology are benevolent creatures; bearers of wisdom, power, and positive energy. Together with a phoenix, dragon’s Yin (陰, pinyin: yīn, lit. “shadow”; female element Yin) counterpart, they are seen as an auspicious omen. Dragons and their supernatural abilities often appeared in the history of Chinese calligraphy.

The moves of a Master calligrapher resemble those of a dragon in flight.

my pen name 龍涙 (りゅうるい, ryūrui, i.e. “Tears of Dragon”)
“Tears of the dragon” become ink of the soul.

- Blessings of the Dragon Gods -

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Ponte Ryuurui
- Beyond Calligraphy -




ryuuhoo 龍鳳 (pinyin: lóng fèng, "dragon and phoenix)




龍鳳呈祥 (Chinese: lóng fèng chéng xiáng, i.e.
"the dragon and phoenix together are a good omen")





ryuushin 龍心 "dragon heart (spirit/mind)")





ryuume 龍馬 Literally it means "dragon horse",
though the meaning of this phrase is "splendid horse", a horse with a dragon spirit.


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dawn of day two
so divine
like the dragon

It snows silently.....
the day two
of the dragon year

Hideo Suzuki


it snows heavily -
day two of the Dragon year
with Dragon Snow !

Gabi Greve, Japan


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Steve Weiss

Here is one of my kakizome.
It reads RYŪ (dragon) and is brushed in sōsho.




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Yukari Tsubaki



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Blue Dragon Hermit

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© Shambhala Zen Art Gallery

Enso Daruma



Mamiya Eiju (1871-1945)
(signed) Blue Dragon Hermit

The inscription is the Japanese version of the English proverb, "What does not destroy you makes you stronger." Daruma dolls, very popular in Japan, spring right back up, no matter how many times they are knocked down. In our lives, we are often knocked down and suffer reverses, but the key to success is not to give up, to persevere. Mamiya was a very creative Zen artist, and brushed many kinds of Daruma. Is this one halfway up? Or halfway down? Nicely brushed, delightfully composed, this is a wonderful Zenga.

About the Artist

Mamiya Eiju (also pronounced Eishu) was trained in the traditional manner at Ryutaku-ji under Tengan, Tenryu-ji under Gasan, and Empuku-ji under Shaku Soen (from whom he received Dharma-transmission), but eventually became an activist, forward-looking Zen master as abbot of Hoko-ji.

Eiju lectured widely, wrote many books, and made radio broadcasts to promote Zen as a vital force in contemporary society. He loved to do calligraphy and paint and left many fine examples of Zen art on both traditional and modern themes. (He once brushed a Zen cross for a Japanese Christian.) Eiju was solidly built with a forceful personality but his brushwork is soft, gentle, and quiet. His Zen art has a pleasant, calming effect on the viewer.

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