#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.

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

#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.

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#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

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#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.

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#330: #037 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.33

pilgrims on the trail

of places the Buddha taught

learning as they go

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#329: #036 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.32

he chose how to die -

made a sacrifice of hope.

mellified man san.

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#328: #035 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.31

distant Indian

mountains provide moment of

full contemplation

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#327: #034 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.30

a sword in his mouth

no body to support him

he takes his revenge

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#326: #033 Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.29

at the water’s edge

a life of serenity

opulence and fear

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