Collection of Japanese and Zen calligraphy works…
Soshō after Matsumoto Hōsui sensei
©Blair Thomson
©Blair Thomson
Blair’s kana practice, after Master Hōsui Matsumoto
Blair’s shodō practice, after Master Hōsui Matsumoto
龍虎争鳳鸞舞 “Dragons and tigers fight, mystical birds dance”
‘Renga: place and time entwined’ exhibition at The Green Gallery, Dundee Botanic Garden, November 2023
Blair’s shodō practice of 如此再寒暑 brushed in kaisho style, from Wen Tianxiang’s 正氣歌 ‘Song of True Energy’
Zen – calligraphy by Shogen Blair Thomson
Shakyo sutra tracing of Hannya Shingyo 2 by Shogen Blair 19
Fire Hi sheet
©Blair Thomson
©Blair Thomson
Shakyo practice 2
©Blair Thomson
Leaf shodo worksheet
©Blair Thomson
©Blair Thomson
studio prep work 2018
©Blair Thomson
©Blair Thomson
延命十句観音経 Boundless Life Ten Phrase Kannon Sutra traced by Shogen Blair
Boundless Life Ten Phrase Kannon Sutra written by Shogen Blair
Stampmaking Tenkoku demonstration
Shodo June 20 Blair Thomson
Blair with Kaisho style calligraphy of Chinese poem: ‘In one valley, seagulls scatter, peach blossoms and rain, on both banks of the river, a nightingale cries and wind blows the willow trees’
Blair has been fortunate to have practiced Japanese and Chinese stampmaking – Tenkoku, better known as Hanko – with shodo calligraphy and tenkoku masters in Toyama and Tokyo.
Tenkoku ‘Shōgen’
Tenkoku stamp making process