Article: Ken Zen Sho: The Zen Calligraphy and Painting of Yamaoka Tesshu.(Book review)

Article: Yamaoka Tesshu: the transformation of his ...
Middle Way;  November 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... 120th anniversary of the death of Yamaoka Tesshu (1836-1888), who was a Japanese ... master swordsman, as well as lay Zen master, by an exhibition entitled 'Zen Calligraphy and Painting of Yamaoka Tesshu' in the Toshiba Gallery of Japanese ...

Article: Yamaoka Tesshu, an enlightened warrior.(Biography)
Middle Way;  May 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... a talk given at the Zen Calligraphy of Yamaoka Tesshu Exhibition at the Victoria ... from Japan and teaching Zen in London, one overarching ... enlightened Japanese samurai Yamaoka Tesshu. Tesshu embodies an ... was a highly realized Zen practitioner who nevertheless ...

Dictionary definition: Yamaoka Tesshu
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions;      260 words ...Yamaoka Tesshu (1836–88). Zen layman who became the major exponent of the way of the sword ( kendō ). He was also an outstanding calligrapher and painter.

Article: Tanchu Terayama Sensei: 1937-2007.(Rinzai Zen master)(In ...
Middle Way;  May 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... often wrote in demonstrations of Zen calligraphy and encouraged his ... which he published a book on Zen calligraphy and the tea ceremony ... anniversary of the passing of Yamaoka Tesshu, to be held at the Victoria ... Tokyo University. He practiced Zen under the Rinzai Zen master ...

Article: JAPANESE PAINTING SOARS IN `ENDURING VISION'.(What's Happening)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA);  April 25, 2003 ;     690 words ... ... during the week. The Gitter-Yelen Collection is rich in Zen eccentrics. Maruyama Okyo dragged his inky brush across the ... spiritually canny face, a holy street person and con artist. Yamaoka Tesshu turned an ink explosion into a dragon, flicking its dangerous ...

Article: TOP U.S. COLLECTION OF JAPANESE ART SHOWN
United Press International;  March 20, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... Dragon," a fierce abstraction by the late 19th century artist Yamaoka Tesshu that is simply a snaking whiplash of black paint ending in ... imagery was based on energetic styles of calligraphy reflecting Zen Buddhism's association of words and painting. The Zenga ...

Article: Zen Internet Press Announcement - Zen Internet ...
M2 Presswire;  February 13, 2006 ;     637 words ...M2 PRESSWIRE-13 February 2006-Zen Internet: Zen Internet Press Announcement - Zen Internet launches online Press Centre!(C)1994-2006 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:13022006 13 February 2006: If you need the latest information about Zen ...