Shodo: The Quiet Art of Japanese Zen Calligraphy, Learn the Wisdom of Zen Through Traditional Brush Painting by Shozo Sato Holiday Gifts was shortlisted for Australia's Stella

was shortlisted for Australia's Stella Prize for Fiction and is her first novel to be translated into English

The mechanical pencil does not have a top eraser

The story of these three women reunited in a working-class neighborhood of Tokyo is told through the gaze of Natsu-thirty years old

a hummingbird

These mysterious inks invite you to try them out on your favorite papers to see how the colors will appear and watch how they change over time

Shodo: The Quiet Art of Japanese Zen Calligraphy, Learn the Wisdom of Zen Through Traditional Brush Painting by Shozo Sato Holiday Gifts was shortlisted for Australia's StellaIn this beautiful and extraordinary zen calligraphy book, Shozo Sato, an internationally recognized master of traditional Zen arts, teaches the art of Japanese calligraphy through the power and wisdom of Zen poetry. Single line Zen Buddhist koan aphorisms, or zengo, are one of the most common subjects for the traditional Japanese brush calligraphy known as shodo . Regarded as one of the key disciplines in fostering the focused, meditative state of