In an age of information overload, the quest for a single, unifying diagram—a “chart of charts”—remains a powerful intellectual ambition. Japan, with its long history of compressing complex cosmologies into elegant visual forms, offers a unique lens through which to examine this pursuit. While the specific document titled Seikishimizu the Japanese Chart of Charts (High Quality PDF) is not traceable in public archives, the phrase itself points to a genuine cultural artifact: the Zuzō (図像) tradition, where hierarchical charts (keitōzu, 系統図) have been used for centuries to map everything from Zen lineages to sword-smithing techniques. This essay argues that the ideal “Japanese chart of charts” would synthesize three distinct visual traditions: the Buddhist mandala , the martial arts densho (scroll of transmission), and the modern quality-control fishbone diagram .