#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

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

#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.

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

#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.

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

#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.

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

#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.

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

#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.

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

#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?

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