Ikkyū in Hell: Skeletons (1692)

Here's an archived book at the National Library in Japan: https://dl.ndl.go.jp/pid/2533860/1/1

I tried memorizing Hentaigana via an Anki deck, but was failing at it so miserably, that I gave up.

I see in that deck that my most reviewed card in the deck has a show count of 453! Yet I'm sure I'd lapse on it if shown it today.

You might as well memorize plates of spaghetti.

There’s a great Manga on Ikkyu: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikkyū_(manga)

Offtopic: browsing the site you can find some nice photos of early 1900 Japan.

Which do you consider most interesting?

Herbert Geddes’ “Life in Japan” Collection: Hand-Coloured Glass Transparencies of the Meiji-Era: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/herbert-geddes-lif...

Kusakabe Kimbei’s Photographs of Late 19th-Century Japan: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/kusakabe-kimbei-s-...

These are good. I find Japanese culture absolutely mesmerizing and awe-inspiring in history. A speculative side of me feels like it’s much older than the zeitgeist suggests it to be.