Discover historical illustrations by subject, artist and book.
Creation and rebellion in Blake’s illuminated plates.
Norwegian fairy tales illustrated by Kay Nielsen.
Four colour drawings from a 1908 Gnostic text.
From the dark wood to Paradise with Gustave Doré.
Ethelwynne Quail’s visions of the spirit world.
Art Deco studies of fear by John Vassos.
14 illustrations
A celestial carriage descends toward the house where the bamboo-cutter's adopted daughter, Kaguya, waits with her attendants.
Evelyn Paul shows Yorimasa drawing his bow toward the roof of the imperial palace during a violent night storm.
Storm-driven water and ghostly warriors surround the boat carrying Yoshitsune and his companion Benkei.
Raiko encounters a weeping woman beside a mountain stream on the way to the Goblin King's stronghold.
Paul depicts the violent culmination of Raiko's expedition against Shutendoji, the Goblin King of Mount Oye.
Hidesato aims at the enormous centipede threatening the Dragon King's family beneath Lake Biwa.
Miyuki and Komagawa exchange fans as tokens of their promised love after meeting during a summer boat trip in Kyoto.
Uzume dances before the cave where Ama-terasu has hidden, drawing laughter from the gathered gods.
Susa-no-o stands beside Kushi-nada-hime, the maiden threatened by an eight-headed serpent.
Hoori meets the sea god's daughter in a realm beneath the water.
An orange-robed figure stands above a dragon coiling through mountain clouds.
A haloed figure in orange, blue and green robes stands above small surrounding figures among clouds and rocky slopes.
A pale-robed woman floats above a field of mountain clouds, her long ribbons curling outward through the sky.
Two richly dressed women sit beside a brook absorbed in a game of go, while a misty figure watches from the background.
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