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| "Echo" is one of the works by Toko Shinoda on
exhibit and for sale at Robyn Buntin of Honolulu.
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Luxurious simplicity
In
Toko Shinoda's 91-year career, she has received international acclaim
and is recognized as a pre-eminent artist in the genres of Japanese
calligraphy and contemporary painting. Her work, including avant-garde
paintings, calligraphy and monotype lithographs, will be on view with
works available for sale through April 4 at the Robyn Buntin of
Honolulu gallery.
Shinoda, born in 1913 in Manchuria but raised in Japan, was
encouraged by her father to study calligraphy, possibly because it was
one of the few respected professions open to Japanese women at the
time.
Somewhat rebellious all her life, Shinoda resented being required
to slavishly copy Japanese characters as required. She wanted to imbue
them with her own feelings, with a freshness and spontaneity that
carried them into the abstract so that anyone could be moved by the
emotion they conveyed.
| "Aspiration" combines calligraphy-style strokes
with blocks of color.
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Robyn Buntin gallery
Location: 848 S. Beretania
St.
Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday
Call: 523-5913
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A show and sale of more than 80 works of calligraphy and paintings by
Japan's most esteemed budo (martial arts) masters also will continue
through April 4 at the gallery.
The Zen art has been collected for more than 20 years by John
Stevens, a professor of Buddhist studies at Tohoku Fukushi University
in Sendai, Japan, and a former adjunct professor at the University of
Hawaii at Manoa.
Stevens is one of the world's leading authorities on the
appreciation of Zen art and is the author of numerous books, including
"Sacred Calligraphy of the East."
Famous artists and Zen practitioners whose art is represented in
the collection include Yamaoka Tesshu, Katsu Kaishu, Nantembo, Deishu,
Takano Sasaburo, Yokozuna Chiyonofuji and Tempu.
| "Enso" by Rangyu is one of the works from the John
Stevens Collection on view and for sale at Robyn Buntin. It's
$3,000.
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| "Daruma" by Ota Maigan runs $2,000.
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| "Takasago" by Yamaoka Tesshu runs $6,500.
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