On 12 and 13 October 2018, the recently renovated Bodai dojo in Rome hosted the event One Book – One Exhibition, which attracted a good turnout, interest and favourable reviews.
On the evening of 12 October, in front of a large number of visitors, the presentation of the book Itsuo Tsuda, Spring Calligraphies (Yume Editions, 2017) took place in the enveloping atmosphere of the exhibition of 87 calligraphies in photographic reproduction. The original calligraphy The Tiger was also exhibited for the occasion.
During Saturday, we received several visitors: among friends, connoisseurs and experts in Japanese culture, we were delighted to welcome aikidoka, journalist and blogger Paolo Bottoni, who wrote an article on his blog about Master Tsuda‘s calligraphy.
In total, around 80 people came to Bodai Dojo.
For everyone, including us, the organisers, it was an opportunity to come into direct and simultaneous contact with almost all of Master Tsuda‘s calligraphies: an unforgettable and richly rewarding experience!
For those who have not had the chance to discover this book and the entire body of Master Tsuda‘s work, you can find them in Rome at the Bodai Dojo, as well as on the Yume Editions website.
The teaching that we have received and continue to receive allows us to experience the accuracy of the above quotation. Whether we are quiet in our dōjō, where the atmosphere favours concentration and thus focusing on respiration – which makes our dōjō valuable –, or when we are away, since the dōjō is then within us.
