As promised I am posting few pictures from huge calligraphy exhibition in Tokyo Central Art Gallery of Fine Arts. To give you the idea of the scope of the event, in one of the halls there was a V. van Gogh exhibition held on the ground floor. It was a 60th anniversary of All Japan Calligraphy Art and Literature Organization, to which I belong.
There were around 1000 works displayed, so it would be impossible to show them all here. I have chosen few that were standing out.
First pic. is a collection of calligraphy of grand masters that are no longer among us. My friend is gazing at a work of grand master Hidai Tenrai who was the initiator of avant-garde style in calligraphy, that later was appreciated in China and all over the world. He is n known today as father of modern calligraphy.
close up
some works were huge, here is one 6x10尺 (180x300cm). I am standing aside it so you can have a size reference.
魂 たましい dusza
here is one of the works that won a price, if you look close the blured characters stand out and the smaller ones are sort of hidden, which gives a 3D effect.
