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"The enso, or ""Zen circle"", is one of the most prevalent images of Zen art, and it has become today a kind of symbol of the clean and strong Zen aesthetic: to the point where one sees ensos on everything from screensavers and restaurant menus to print and web advertising. Here, Zen art expert Audrey Yoshiko Seo brings together a collection of the best examples of enso art to show the wonderful variety of the form and its interpretations. Regardless of how it is interpreted, the enso is an expression of the mind of the artist. In this book, a renowned expert on Zen art presents a survey of the art of the enso from the seventeenth century to the present. Each piece occupies an entire page, with commentary on the facing page. The commentary focuses on the meaning of the art and its historical context, and it provides analysis of the artist's technique. Also included are biographies of the artists - many of them important Japanese Zen teachers."

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Audrey Yoshiko Seo, Ph.D is a specialist in Zen brushwork and twentieth-century Japanese art. She is also the author of Zen No Sho: The Calligraphy of Fukushima Keido Roshi.

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