![]() Katherine Sturges' husband Clayton Knight was an author and illustrator as was her son, Hillary Knight, the creator of the original Eloise image in 1955, which he said was based on one of his mother's paintings. This book is literally filled with color illustrations by Katharine Sturges (1890-1979), all of which accompany short, poetic verses about aspects of Japanese life and the landscape. ![]() Illustrated by Katharine Sturges (illustrator). gilt lettering to spine, and illustrated endpapers. Blue cloth with tipped in color illustration and gilt lettering to front board. Clean tight and strong binding with no underlining, highlighting or marginalia. ![]() ![]() 157 with faintly creased corner bottom fore-edge pp. Pictures by Katharine Sturges Twenty-Eight Printing, 1950. ![]() 191 pp, Foreword by Olive Beaupre Miller The Illustrations with poems at bottom by famous poets Prose: Of Lovely Things in Japan The Libble Boy and the Sparrosw (Issa) Of Poetry Picnics and Fireflies Of Plum Blossoms Of Cherry Blossoms Of Poetry Contests Of Little Girls' Names Of Little, Little, Little Things The Boy Under the Persimmon Tree (Hitomaro) The Lad Who Cleaned the Garden Path The Boy and the Moonlight the Lady and the Morning Glory (Chiyo) When Master Poet Chuckled (Soin) The Gentlest and Greatest Friend of Moon and Winds (Basho) Basho and the Bees, et alia The Herdboy and the Weaver (ancient legend) The Robe of Feathers (told from a classical, poetical drama of the Japanesse). ![]()
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