CONTENTS: Foreword, 1. Calligraphy: thirst for the yonder form, 2. Siddham: the divine script, 3. Siddham script is living, 4. Shuji-shu of Chozen (AD 1670), 5. Identification of deities in the Shuji-shu, 6. Siddham Hieronyms in Chozen's collection. (Siddham Calligraphy of Sanskrit Hieronyms is a comprehensive review of its evolution in Japan from the 8th century onwards in the heavenly magnificence of the traditional hair brush and the monastic wooden pen. Eminent Indian teachers like Śubhakarasimha,Vajrabodhi and Amoghavajra wrote in this script. As such its aesthetics and sanctity have hallowed homes and monasteries in the Land of the Rising Sun. This is the first book to view Siddham calligraphy in the cultural interflow between India and Japan.)