1)Nagaoka Zenjuku is a training dojo(hall)of Zen primarily for university students. Its second head master, Shonen Morimoto Roshi was a disciple of Kitaro Nishida. Therefore, Nagaoka Zenjuku was related to Nishida and, through him, to Daisetz Suzuki. The photographs show Morimoto Roshi sitting in front of calligraphies, one by Nishida(「心月孤円 光呑万象」)and the other one by Suzuki (「 無 事 甲 」). The calligrapher, the meaning of the calligraphy and the sitting figure of Morimoto Rohshi form a fine trinity in each of the photographs. 2)Nishida lived a life of Nothingness by practicing the way of Zen. In my opinion, the fundamental character of Nothingness is to turn freely, becoming Great Wisdom(prajñā). Regarding Nishida, the process of understanding Zen, the unfolding of the philosophical thinking and the quality of his philosophy are all none other than the free turning of Nothingness itself. For example, Nishida mentions “the development of a certain unifying reality” in An Inquiry into the Good. But why does it develop? Because the very thing of the reality is Nothingness and it turns freely. The dynamics of “history”, “poiesis”, “creativity” and the like in the later philosophy of Nishida come from the activity of Nothingness.
