#1376 (#075)

to see the great wave

unexpectedly calms me

brings me a day's peace

#418: #125: Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.105

the wrapping that held

them safe for all of these years.

protect them always. (ah, there we are then)

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

#417: #124: Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.105

strange, I’m lost for words -

at the end they have failed me.

this is a whimper.

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

#416: #123: Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.104

the noble box that

looks after the pictures drawn

by an old man’s brush.

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

#415: #122: Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.104

the box is now closed,

another chapter over.

soon to look ahead.

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

#414: #121: Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.103

thank you dragon horse

for the gift of future sight.

divination ‘grams.

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

#413: #120: Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.102

in the dark storm’s rain

they would never lose their way.

Wu’s men’s advantage. 

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

#412: #119: Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.102

through the rain they walked,

their path always before them,

never wavering.

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

#411: #118: Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.101

in a dream they came,

ethereal man and book - 

they taught me so much.

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

#410: #117: Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.100

the new year’s day fear

writ large across their faces,

plans cancelled again.

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

#409: #116: Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.100

firecrackers blow

and bang, mountain spirits fly.

new year rituals.

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

#408: #115: Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.99

in the sky they met

diff’rent stories, diff’rent paths

that one time the same

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

#407: #114: Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.99

dreams and life differ

so much and yet they mirror

the other strangely

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

#406: #113: Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.98

in a molten hot

moment he mashes his mind.

an angry man dies.

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

#405: #112: Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.97

our (mother) queen of the west

no beginning and no end

but patriarchy

out on mount kunlun

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#404: #111: Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.96

as they meet high up

above, will we discover

are two heads better?

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

#403: #110: Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.95

warriors we are

and greet you today as friends…

and hope to always.

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

#402: #109: Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.94

baku and kirin

waiting for the moon to rise, 

for the dreams to start.

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

#401: #108: Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.93

crossing a river

was the path that he needed

for enlightenment.

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

#400: #107: Banmotsu ehon daizen zu 万物絵本大全図 (Illustrations for the Great Picture Book of Everything) - 2020,3015.92

sweet wine fills the cup,

sit back and drink sedately.

a fine invention.

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