A summer view from Toshoin.
A winter view from Toshoin. |
Toshoin no Seiho
Toshoin means "Cave Writing Hall." It is the name of the studio of Seiho, nestled in the mountains some fifty miles southwest of Denver, at an altitude of 8,400 feet.
Seiho means "Sacred Peak." The name was given to M. J. Sullivan by his teacher of calligraphy, Harada Rokujisai Kampo, founder of the Japan Calligraphy Education Foundation in Kyoto. Seiho is the highest ranking foreigner in that organization. He was commissioned to write the English language textbooks for them, Japanese Calligraphy: Practice, Learning and Art, and Japanese Calligraphy: A First-Year Curriculum.
Seiho is the author of two other books, Seiho's Kanji Workbook, published by Asian Humanities Press, and as M. J. Sullivan, with Alec Kalla, Velvet, a mystery novel published by Foul Play Press.
In addition to his writing and work on art and calligraphic commissions, he teaches swordsmanship and calligraphy for the Kempo First Foundation (visit their web site at www.kempofirst.org ). |
