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The book

Shodo Master


Cover of Shodo Master: Life and Art of Tomoro Ouchida by John Glascock

Life and Art of Tomoro Ouchida — by John Glascock

Shodo Master is a bilingual Japanese & English biography of a great Shodo master, Tomoro Ouchida, and his remarkable calligraphic art.

It tells his life story and explains his teaching method. It also shows many pages from his own hand-written books, with detailed explanations, including the origins of the Japanese hiragana alphabet and his calligraphy of the famous Chinese classic, the One Thousand Character Poem.

Hardcover · English / Japanese


Inside the book

Inochi (Life) — calligraphy from the bookOuchida Sensei beside his Dragon scrollOuchida Sensei writing a large work on the floorScroll in bold kaisho scriptFramed kana calligraphyCharacters shown in several script styles