Takei Takeo, Gokuhitei tambo, cello-slide, 1958, 1961
The 45,000 dollars in the title refers to the asking price for a "collection of 138 twentieth-century artist's books by the Japanese author/artist TAKEI Takeo (1894-1982)." If you were wondering what to get me for my birthday... [link for many more images]
The rest of these leftovers -- from children's books all over the world -- come from the International Children's Digital Library -- a site which basically took over my life for a week or so. I feel like the Otto Korsterling images are from another site, but I didn't properly keep track of the location. I think the finger puppets come from the previously-covered Fledgling. I cut and pasted some of the images together.
See also: Iranian Kid's Books and Serbian Sesame Street.
Takei Takeo, DOKURAKU GA KITA, 1962
Takei Takeo, DOKURAKU GA KITA, 1962
Takei Takeo, Nana-e to ya-e, 1960
Takei Takeo, KANARIYA ABC, 1959
Takei Takeo, Fu'shin to raijin, 1982
Takei Takeo, SEKAI KAKUMEI, Hand-carved woodcut, clamshell box, 1970
Good senses and instincts - Biography of a hamster, Author and Illustrator Ruth Tzarfati, 1964
Good senses and instincts - Biography of a hamster, Author and Illustrator Ruth Tzarfati, 1964 (endpapers)
Good senses and instincts - Biography of a hamster, Author and Illustrator Ruth Tzarfati, 1964
Good senses and instincts - Biography of a hamster, Author and Illustrator Ruth Tzarfati, 1964
Yoji Nishiki, sincerity of a white dove, back cover
Sandra Torrijos, illus for The song of Pulaw, E.B. Maranan (Philippines)
Gobolinks or shadow pictures by Ruth McEnery Stuart and Albert Bigelow Paine, 1896
Gobolinks or shadow pictures by Ruth McEnery Stuart and Albert Bigelow Paine, 1896
Gobolinks or shadow pictures by Ruth McEnery Stuart and Albert Bigelow Paine, 1896
Eugen Osswald, animal's ball
Eugen Osswald, animal's ball
Fairyland, Japan 1949
Illustration by Otto Körsterling, german collection of japanese fairy tales
Illustration by Otto Körsterling, german collection of japanese fairy tales
Adolf Zábranský, 1973, zlate slunce bily den
A monk and a carpenter, 1973 Mongolia
A monk and a carpenter, 1973 Mongolia
Jambyn Dashdondog, Mom, dad and me, 1971, Mongolia (kid's book)
Jambyn Dashdondog, Mom, dad and me, 1971, Mongolia (kid's book)
Jambyn Dashdondog, Mom, dad and me, 1971, Mongolia (kid's book)
You made my day with this post. So much beautiful work! thank you.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous stuff. I wonder whether those Serbian puppets are some variation on Punch and Judy--or whether all traditional puppets just come down to them beating each other up with clubs?
ReplyDeleteI'm intrigued by "Mom, Dad and Me." What's up with that?
ReplyDeleteThanks Mars.
ReplyDeleteI was wondering if the puppets were enacting some iconic play which I could not see through the freaky dying finger clubs.
Cy, your guess is as good as mine about the Mongolian book and its title. (Actual title is "Father, Mother and me" - I should fix that.) The synopsis is: "This book contains funny and dynamic poems for young children. The lyric little hero discovers his environment and gets to know his relatives - his father, mother, grandmother, sister and others." It won an award in 1972. But this doesn't really help.
What an amazingly eclectic selection. Thanks for your spadework!
ReplyDeleteTo quote you: "I feel like the Otto Korsterling images are from another site, but I didn't properly keep track of the location." - Have you tried doing your searches with the help of an online research tool?
All my students are now totally addicted to Zotero, which is a FireFox add-on. Go to Zotero.org and look at the videos on their site. Did I say it's free?
Thanks Michael.
ReplyDeleteI'll give Zotero a try.
I'll also check out your phenomenal-looking site.
Those finger puppets were equally trippy (as the ills for a story from Fledling/Povetarac) for a non-reader.
ReplyDeleteI think they are from a magazine Neven (Calendula). The author of the children's play the illustrations accompany is Jovan Jovanović Zmaj, the owner of the Neven magazine, a well-known poet.
Found it on Children's Library: they translated the name as Example of a basic Marigoldy
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