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Sullivan earned the name Seiho and his master’s license in calligraphy from his teacher, Harada Rokujisai Kampo. He holds
godan rank (fifth-degree black belt) issued by the Japan Calligraphy Education Foundation. His calligraphy has twice won
the Kampo Prize, and once the prestigious Nippon Shuji Prize. He was made an Honorary Citizen of Takamatsu in 1979 and
was the nidan swordsmanship champion of Kagawa Prefecture in 1982.
Sullivan now devotes himself primarily to literary fiction, but also does custom calligraphic works for a number of clients and collectors. Deeply involved with Zen and Japanese culture, he paints and writes at Toshoin (Cave Writing Hall), his studio in the Colorado Rocky Mountains.
Sullivan now devotes himself primarily to literary fiction, but also does custom calligraphic works for a number of clients and collectors. Deeply involved with Zen and Japanese culture, he paints and writes at Toshoin (Cave Writing Hall), his studio in the Colorado Rocky Mountains.
M.J. Sullivan has been a concert
guitarist, a teacher, a sailing captain
and an artist. He studied writing under
Andrew Lytle, and holds a Bachelor's
degree in the Humanities and a Master's
in Asian Studies. He has had seven
books published: Seiho's Kanji
Workbook, published by Asian
Humanities Press; Japanese
Calligraphy: Practice, Leaning and
Artand Japanese Calligraphy: A First
Year Curriculum, which include the
calligraphy of Harada Kampo-soshi and
are published by Heian Bunka Senta in
Kyoto; a mystery novel (with Alec
Kalla), Velvet, and another, Silk and
Steel. His book on Japanese
swordsmanship, Sword and Psyche, led
to WAZA, his first novel about Japanese
Buddhism and the martial arts, which
received the CoVisions Recognition
Award for Literature in 1994.
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