Kanazawa Shōko: Woman with Down Syndrome Becomes Top Calligrapher

The “Tears Heart Sutra,” 1995, on four panels, each measuring 137 cm by 35 cm.

Kanazawa Shōko smiles in front of her work depicting the kanji 藝 (gei, art).

月光 (Gekkō, Moonlight), 2004, 101 cm by 35 cm.

門 (Mon, Gate), 2014, 140 cm by 100 cm.

飛翔 (Hishō, Flight), 2006, 70 cm by 135 cm.