Art of Kazuaki Tanahashi, mounted in scrolls
April 2015
DEATH POEM FOR EVERYONE
Kono inochi hateshi wa
ariyou na hara no
o(h)onami konami
kudake arawaru
This life--
is there any boundary?
In a vast ocean
waves and billows
keep crashing and rising.
MAI
Dance
HISAKATA
The sky, universe
IROHA
“ABC” of old syllabary.
Beginning of poem.
Kazuaki Tanahashi, born and trained in Japan, is an artist, writer, and peace worker. As a painter and calligrapher, Kaz has had solo exhibitions of his brushwork. He has created a genre of one-stroke paintings and multicolor Zen circles. As a calligrapher in East Asian style, he creates works of large single ideographs. He is an author, editor and translator of numerous books includingEssential Zen, Brush Mind, Moon in a Dewdrop,andLotus.For more information:www.brushmind.net.
(removable wind strips)
UTA
Song
Kaz Tanahashi