Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Peony Lantern: Ghostly Visitors
Two pale-faced women advance through a rounded dark opening, one carrying a glowing lantern. Their long robes trail into the mottled shadows. The facing title identifies The Peony Lantern, the tale of Hagiwara and the visitors whose love crosses the boundary of death.
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Warwick Goble. "The Peony Lantern: Ghostly Visitors" [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 58. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0387-0049
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Warwick Goble. The Peony Lantern: Ghostly Visitors. Green Willow and Other Japanese Fairy Tales. Scan leaf 58. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0387-0049