#380: #087: Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.76

“bring me just five stones

and I will restore the world.”

mending the heavens.

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#379: #086: Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.75

crossing each bridge they

will battle to victory.

Journey to the West.

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#378: #085: Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.74

from across Asia

these men are our brothers and

not all in headgear

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#377: #084: Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.73

from across Asia

these men are our brothers in

different headgear

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#376: #083: Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.72

protecting our heads,

we were whipped

                            scratched

                                            from all sides.

running from sandstorms.

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#375: #082: Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.71

his psychic power

brought peace, even to the beasts.

Maudgalyāyana.

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#374: #081: Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.70

circle of old friends,

steadfast companions they are

Buddha’s disciples

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#373: #080: Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.69

in a drunken state

he beheaded a great snake

and birthed his legend.

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#372: #079: Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.68

in honesty in

quality, Panshan found his

own enlightenment

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#371: #078: Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.68

it started with an

overheard conversation -

and then a boar’s head.

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#370: #077: Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.68

talking to a man

they found universal good

and enlightenment

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#369: #076: Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.67

tall, short and long-armed - 

lands once believed to be real.

does a root exist?

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#368: #075: Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.66

the heavenly band

play together to protect

us earthly wonders?

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#367: #074: Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.65

holding weight aloft

he composes a new text:

feats of days of yore. 

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#366: #073: Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.64

the priest talks to him,

the heavenly child stands -

the proof of the light

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#365: #072: Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.63

Upananda prays,

the others follow, sagely.

preparation: key.

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#364: #071: Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.62

rhinoceros, rat,

ent’ring the mouths of fish to

feed and have their fill.

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#363: #070: Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.62

“back to the sea, now,

to the depths where you belong.”

defeat for merfolk.

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#362: #069: Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.62

what is the story?

left to right (no) or right to left (yes)

what is going on?

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#361: #068 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.61

seven strings bring joy:

an infinity of it,

passed down through all time.

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#360: #067 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.60

come forth through the gate

you no longer have to wait - 

on to kill Buddha

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#359: #066 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.59

it’s hard to get hepped

up about minerals (again) yet

that shell looks lovely

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#358: #065 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.58

a spring from a staff,

flying! immortality!

what a place to be!

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#357: #064 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.57

we exist around

the tree - its roots, its branches

enrich and keep us

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#356: #063 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.56

the moment that changed

everything - the miracle 

that made the healer

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#355: #062 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.56

start of something big:

yet it started very small,

with a see-through back.

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#354: #061 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.55

the footsteps they carved

I follow most happily.

my trade’s pioneers.

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#353: #060 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.54

the giant fish rose

and the emperor, he knew.

auspicious event.

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#352: #059 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.53

three kings, three stories,

three pilgrims who heard the words

of enlightenment

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#351: #058 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.52

on a lion’s back

seeking to defeat his fate -

fate cannot be fought.

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#350: #057 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.51

always discussing,

never sitting idly by.

a new way to forge.

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#349: #056 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.50

waterfalls are fun!

throw yourself down! 

                                    safety note - 

this is just for bears.

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#348: #055 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.49

the predictions cast:

both choices each as heady.

which path would he take?

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#347: #054 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.48

men from diff'rent lands

side by side at the harbour

come and go like tides

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#346: #053 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.47

the stillness of rain

the peaceful patters and drips

in the great peng shell

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#345: #052 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.46

flying high above,

soothing and calming rough seas.

goddess and dragon.

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#344: #051 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.45

at the beach they met,

soon started something quite new.

donkey and sea horse.

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#343: #050 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.44

underneath his charge,

constant as the days that pass -

ev’ry season, all.

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#342: #049 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.43

just leave; go under - 

my eyes are trained on your heart.

Zheng Zhilong stands firm.

Written and published to coincide with the Hokusai: The Great Picture Book of Everything exhibition at the British Museum. 

#341: #048 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.42

the wolf is a snob

(a complex superior).

potential friends leave.

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#340: #047 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.41

the tanuki flees,

the fox and camel worry -

where’s that thing going?

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#339: #046 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.40

together they came

to discuss their boundaries

a bird parley-ment

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#338: #045 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.39

in a cave he sits

conjuring, taming, dragons.

waiting, practicing.

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#337: #044 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.38

disciples resting

discussing the day's events

bowls shared, problems halved

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#336: #043 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.37

that tranquil moment

when you complete your ascent -

effort reaps reward

Written and published to coincide with the Hokusai: The Great Picture Book of Everything exhibition at the British Museum. 

#335: #042 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.36

a tree becomes goods,

stage by stage and man by man.

ancient carpentry.

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#334: #041 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.35

when brothers do not

want to stand on the others' toes -

rules and wants collide

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#333: #040 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.35

yours ends, others' starts

don't wash where others will drink

think before you act

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#332: #039 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.35

exiles and hermits

sep'rate from all settlement

their own rules to keep

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#331: #038 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.34

attentive, attuned

to the master's instructions.

mixing herbs to heal.

Written and published to coincide with the Hokusai: The Great Picture Book of Everything exhibition at the British Museum.