書のある暮らし 　　―施 無 畏 舎―
a life of japanese calligraphy -semuisha-



書家・木村蓮月氏の作品をお届けいたします。

長年の坐禅生活から紡がれた書は
私たちの日常を
静謐なものへと導いてくれるでしょう。


We are pleased to present the works of
calligrapher Rengetsu Kimura.

The calligraphy, woven from many years
of Zen Meditation Life,
will guide our daily lives toward serenity.




新潟の禅僧・櫛谷宗則師のことばや
古来から伝わる仏教のことばから
いのちの根源から放たれる光を
感じていただけたら幸いです。




We hope you can feel the light that shines
from the very source of life through the words
of Zen monk Sōsoku Kushiya from Niigata
and the timeless teachings of Buddhism.


About artist

櫛谷宗則(くしやしゅうそく)師

昭和ニ十五年、新潟県五泉市の生まれ。十九歳の時、内山興正老師について出家得度、以来安泰寺道場にて十年間安居し、老師隠居後は近くの耕雲庵に入り縁ある人と坐る。老師遷化のあと、新潟に帰り、地元や大阪、福岡で坐禅会を続けている。

◎編著「禅に聞け」「生きる力としてのZen」「内山興正老師いのちの問答」「禅からのアドバイス」（大法輪閣）「共に育つ」（耕雲庵）

Zen monk Kushiya Shūsoku
Born in 1950 in Gosen City, Niigata Prefecture. At the age of nineteen, he received ordination under Master Uchiyama Kōshō and has since spent ten years in retreat at Antaiji Temple. After his teacher retired, he moved to the nearby Kōun-an Hermitage, where he practiced zazen with those connected to him. Following his teacher's passing, he returned to Niigata and has continued holding zazen sittings in his hometown as well as in Osaka and Fukuoka. ◎ Edited and authored works: "Ask Zen," "Zen as a Power for Living," "Life Dialogues with Master Uchiyama Kōshō," "Advice from Zen" (Daihorinkaku), "Growing Together" (Kōun-an)

木村蓮月　（きむら　れんげつ ）
　昭和２４年生まれ。公立中学校に国語の教師として２５年を勤め、早期退職後、平成１９年度第３回文科省後援・毛筆書写技能検定１級合格、平成２２年度第３回文科省後援・硬筆書写技能検定一級合格をいただき、寺古屋書道塾を開設する。２５年、中学生と向かいあう日々の中で、教育とは、人間とは、自分とは何かという問いの探求を、書塾の活動につなげ、たくさんの方々との出会いを通して、なお問い続け、その深まりの中に探求し続けている。

　Rengetsu Kimura
Born in 1949. She worked for 25 years as a Japanese language teacher at a public junior high school. After early retirement, she passed the 1st grade calligraphy proficiency test sponsored by the Ministry of Education in the 3rd session of 2007 and the 1st grade penmanship proficiency test sponsored by the Ministry of Education in the 3rd session of 2010, and then established the Terakoya Calligraphy School. Over 25 years of facing junior high school students daily, she has connected the pursuit of questions such as what education is, what it means to be human, and what the self is, to the activities of her calligraphy school. Through encounters with many people, she continues to explore these questions and delves ever deeper into their understanding.