Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Moon Maiden with Peacock Feathers
A dark-haired maiden lifts enormous wings above a long blue-green robe and a train of peacock feathers. Tiny eye patterns repeat across the flowing plumage. The facing caption names the Moon Maiden, the colour frontispiece to Grace James’s collection of Japanese tales.
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Warwick Goble. "The Moon Maiden with Peacock Feathers" [editorial title]. In Green Willow and Other Japanese Fairy Tales, Grace James; illustrations by Warwick Goble. London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1910; forty colour illustrations by Warwick Goble., 1910, Macmillan and Co., Limited. Source scan leaf 8. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0387-0003
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Warwick Goble. The Moon Maiden with Peacock Feathers. Green Willow and Other Japanese Fairy Tales. Scan leaf 8. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0387-0003