Art, Symbol & Imagination
The Star Lovers on the Bridge of Birds
Two richly dressed figures lean together as a line of dark birds surrounds them against a pale sky. A small yellow light glows near the pair. The plate accompanies the tale of the Weaving Maiden and her lover, reunited across the heavens on the seventh night of the seventh moon.
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Warwick Goble. "The Star Lovers on the Bridge of Birds" [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 118. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0387-0109
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Warwick Goble. The Star Lovers on the Bridge of Birds. Green Willow and Other Japanese Fairy Tales. Scan leaf 118. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0387-0109