This Writing set contains everything you need to do Calligraphy or Sumi-e Ink Painting: 5 quality brushes and brush rest; soapstone seal; ink & pots and ink mixing stone. Zen calligraphy is practiced by Buddhist monks and most Shodo (way of the brush) practitioners. To write Zen calligraphy with mastery, one must clear one's mind and let the letters flow out of themselves. The calligrapher must concentrate and be fluid in execution as the brush writes a statement about the calligrapher at that particular moment in time One of the most common subjects of Japanese calligraphy is the Enso, or 'Circle of Enlightenment'. Each brush is approx. 12cm in length The case measures 21cm x 15cm x 4cm

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