Takabata Sei book Roy Kuhlman and a brilliant showcase of

and a brilliant showcase of his deft touch for balanced and innovative design

Alongside the title piece are such enduringly wonderful pieces as 'The Walrus and the Carpenter'

their oscillations between assertion and doubt

the little root children were fast asleep all winter long

although grounded in the symbolist aesthetics

Takabata Sei book Roy Kuhlman and a brilliant showcase ofTakabata Sei art book (title is something like "Youth Drawn with a Brush" 167 page hardcover from 1979, text is in Japanese, illustrated in color and b w 1970s paintings by this completely forgotten artist (Google also offers Takahata Masaru as a possible translation of his name) Used copies in Good condition. *** What I wrote in 2010 when I featured this book on A Journey Round My Skull 50 Watts: "I know nothing about Takabata Sei (), except that he