#325: #032 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.28

calmly floating down,

ingenuity wins out.

murder plot foiled.

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#324: #031 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.27

nock, pull and let fly

his aim true with each release

nine rogue suns shot down

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#323: #030 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.26

music, books, floating,

life at a much gentler pace,

leaves on the surface.

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#322: #029 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.25

the general stood and

learned how to strangle armies.

go observation.

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#321: #028 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.24

kings of three beings,

celestial all - watching

the earthly ones live.

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#320: #027 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.23

swimming together

unlikely friends in the sea

helping each other

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#319: #026 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.22

down to earth it came

to form life’s very nectar!

the spirit goat saw

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#318: #025 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.21

although it was strange, 

through our meeting he never

appeared to be dead

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#317: #024 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.20

from the higher ground

it stares the smaller cat down.

meeting of muscle.

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#316: #023 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.18

older and wiser,

each of us have reached our peaks -

yet he is ancient.

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#315: #022 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.19

my fox spirit friend

pouncing on my enemies

invulnerable

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#314: #021 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.18

the blank eyed crow dives -

birds too big for prey wonder

why does it do this?

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#313: #020 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.17

fox spirit revealed

their minds already racing

as to the next move.

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#312: #019 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.16

night heron by day

stands wearily watching the

birds playing by day

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#311: #018 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.15

the chase is ended,

the savage embrace concludes.

the survivors flee.

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#310: #017 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.14

our minerals

each like a diff’rent foot shape

only in our land!

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#309: #016 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.13

even cute monsters

are a threat to human life.

ships, mind how you go.

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#308: #015 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.12

the mythical bird

hiding amongst the normals

will always stand out

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#307: #014 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.11

myna makes them laugh.

but too much and they will fall;

unfortunate fate.

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#306: #013 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.10

hissing and arching,

claws bared and ready to attack.

hibiscus patch fight.

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#305: #012 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.9

eyes on his daughter

eyes on the business at hand

dragon kings will feud.

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#304: #011 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.9

glancing at the scroll - 

closest she’ll get to power.

she knows not this yet.

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#303: #010 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.8

the pandemic of

sad animals spread too fast.

deer, boar, bear are last.

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#302: #009 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.7

men from far away - 

why do they rattle me so

I see them this way?

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#301: #008 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.6

“see how they fly high?”

“can they run as fast as we?”

“can clouds catch the sun?”

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#300: #007 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.5

your flesh immortal,

my dead flesh will never rot -

would that i were you!

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#299: #006 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.5

hear the peacock shriek,

phoenix rising at its side.

eternal brothers.

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#298: #005 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.4

ducks above, under.

ripples they spread out to me

as I stand forlorn.

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#297: #004 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.3

eyes fixed forever

seeking help from the heavens.

a boar shot in snow.

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#296: #003 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.3

my life ends in snow,

my final bed is frozen.

it will not last long.

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#295: #002 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.2

standing forever,

waiting to welcome readers -

our wait is over

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