Calligraphy by

Fukushima Roshi

Each year during his visits to Arkansas, Roshi composes an original poem and hand calligraphs it on more than 100 rice paper fans before his tour in the U.S. These fans become treasured gifts to people all along his tour. Click here to see the accompanying translation.

Zen Calligraphy Demonstration

Fukushima Roshi gave a Zen calligraphy demonstration at Hendrix College at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, February 8 at Trieshmann Fine Arts Gallery, Hendrix College.  Below are some pictures from that event.
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Dr. Jay McDaniel, Professor of Religion at
Hendrix College and a senior student of
Fukushima Roshi, welcomes all to the demonstration.

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Fukushima Roshi begins the first of 8 calligraphy pieces.
You can see some of the results to the left.

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Here and in the pictures below you will see how these
works are created.

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Several times during the demonstration Fukushima Roshi invited questions from the audience. One particular question generated the calligraphy you see immediately to the left of this picture.