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Gibbon Hanging From A Branch, by Hakuin Ekaku

Welcome

Note that this site is released before many of the links lead anywhere (live sections are brighter on the menu), so I apologise for that. It will grow. Current page count: about 480.

There are two types of guided route - by artforms, or by other themes, cutting across the forms. Or feel free to wander at will, obviously.

One important point is that since this will never be finished, you may want to know what's new since the last time you came here, so:

Update Log

And you may want to find a particular person, so here is an index to people with full pages about them:

Person Index

Or you may want an overview of everything on the site:

Contents

I explain Japanese terms when I use them, or at least link to the glossary, but just in case:

Glossary