General Books on Zen Art

Addiss, Stephen. 77 Dances: Japanese Calligraphy by Poets, Monks, and Scholars, 1568–1868. Boston: Weatherhill, 2008.

Addiss, Stephen. The Art of Zen. New York: Henry N. Abrams, 1989.

Addiss, Stephen, and John Daido Loori. The Zen Art Book: The Art of Enlightenment. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 2009.

Awakawa, Yasuichi. Zen Painting. Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1970.

Barnet, Sylvan and William Burto. The Written Image: Japanese Calligraphy and Paintings from the Sylvan Barnet and William Burto Collection. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2002.

Barnet, Sylvan and William Burto. Zen Ink Paintings. Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1982.

Brinker, Helmut. Zen in the Art of Painting. London; Arkana, 1987.

Gotze, Heinz. Brush and Ink. Munich: Prestel-Verlag, 1989.

Hisamatsu, Shin’ichi. Zen and the Fine Arts. Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1971..

McFarland, H. Neill. Daruma: The Founder of Zen in Japanese Art and Popular Culture. Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1987.

Omori, Sogen, and Katsujo Terayama. Zen and the Art of Calligraphy. Translated by John Stevens. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1983.

Seo, Audrey. Ensō: Zen Circles of Enlightenment. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 2007.

Seo, Audrey, and Stephen Addiss. The Art of Twentieth-Century Zen. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1998.

Shimano, Eido. Endlesss Vow: The Zen Path of Soen Nakagawa. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1996.

Shimano, Eido Tai, and Kogetsu Tani. Zen Word, Zen Calligraphy. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1995.

Shimizu, Yoshiaki, and John M. Rosenfield. Masters of Japanese Calligraphy, 8th–19th Century. New York: Asia Society Galleries, 1984.

Stevens, John. Sacred Calligraphy of the East, 3rd ed. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1995.

Stevens, John. Three Zen Masters: Ikkyu, Hakuin, Ryokan. Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1993.

Suzuki, D. T. Zen and Japanese Culture. Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 1970.

Terayama, Tanchu. Zen Brushwork.  Tokyo: Kodansha International, 2003.

Woodson, Yoko. Lords of the Samurai: Legacy of a Daimyo Family. San Francisco: Asian Art Museum, 2009.

Books on Artists

Hakuin

Seo, Audrey and Addiss, Stephen. The Sound of One Hand: The Paintings and Calligraphy of Hakuin. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 2010.

Tanahashi, Kazuaki. Penetrating Laughter: Hakuin’s Zen and Art. Woodstock, New York: Overlook Press, 1982.

Yoshizawa, Katsuhiro. The Religious Art of Zen Master Hakuin. Berkeley: Counterpoint, 2009.

Sengai

Furuta Shokin. Sengai: Master Zen Painter. Tokyo: Kodansha International, 2000.

Suzuki, D. T. Sengai: The Zen Master. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1999.

Tesshu

Stevens, John. The Sword of No-Sword: Life of the Master Warrior Tesshu. Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1989.

Exhibition Catalogs

Awakenings: Zen Figure Painting in Medieval Japan. Japan Society, 2007. Gregory Levine and Yukio Lippit, curators.

Black Robe, White Mist: Art of the Japanese Buddhist Nun Rengetsu. National Gallery of Australia, 2007. Melanie Eastburn, Lucie Folan, and Robyn Maxwell, curators.

Enso: The Timeless Circle. Robyn Buntin of Honolulu, 2008. John Stevens, curator.

Obaku: Zen Painting and Calligraphy. Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art, 1978. Stephen Addiss, curator.

Song of the Brush: Japanese Paintings from the Sanso Collection: Seattle Art Museum, 1979.

Zen Mind, Zen Brush. Art Gallery of New South Wales, 2006. John Stevens, curator.

Zen Painting and Calligraphy. Boston Museum of Fine Arts, 1970. Jan Fontein and Money Hickman, curators.

Zen Painting and Calligraphy, 17th–20th Centuries. Asian Art Museum, 2001. Yoko Woodson and Doryun Chong, curators.

Zenga and Nanga: Paintings by Japanese Monks and Scholars. New Orleans Museum of Art, 1976. Stephen Addiss, et al. curators.

Zenga: Brushstrokes of Enlightenment. New Orleans Museum of Art, 1990. John Stevens and Alice Rae-Yelen, curators.

Zenga: The Return from America: Zenga from the Gitter-Yelen Collection. Shoto Museum of Art, 2000. Bilingual Edition. Yuji Yamashita, curator.

Links

www.gitter-yelen.org. See the Zenga section for many outstanding examples from this major collection.

www.jikyu-an.com. Kyoto-based dealer specializing in Zen paintings and calligraphy.

www.robynbuntin.com. The top dealer in Asian antiques with special sections on enso, Zen-related art, and the poetry, painting, and pottery of the Buddhist nun Otagaki Rengetsu.

http://zenpaintings.com. Paintings and calligraphies by Japanese Zen masters from the seventeenth century to the present.