OKU: THE SECRETS

The etymology of the Japanese word for secrets contains the character for "inside", a character also found in the word for wife.  Okusan or 'Mrs. Inside' is the name for the one woman meant to protect and guard her husband's most inner character. The okuma is the deepest interior of a Japanese house. The oku-no-in is the innermost sanctuary of a Shinto Shrine. And the okugi are the "hidden teachings" of the martial arts.

Fiona Kai Avery shares her love of Japan, Samurai and other Japanese secrets in this library, named The Hall of the Spring Wind in honor of the last Samurai of Japan, Yamaoka Tesshu who died long ago, taking many secrets of the Japanese warrior with him.

The okuden are those secrets kept at the very center, at the very heart of Fiona's art. Sublimely simple and refined to be intensely concentrated, these stories are now available in Fiona's personal online library.

Please, enjoy.