Author: ravenjohnston
A literature graduate student. Lover of books, tea, board games, beer brewing, fountain pens and many things Japanese.
Japanese Books – Kokushu Monyo
images from the Kokushu monyo, taken from The World of the Japanese Illustrated Book
Bygone Reads – May of 2012
my library check-outs in May of 2012 (and two purchases, the bottom two)
Japanese Covers – Old Books
cover for Seiro Bijin awase Sugata Kagami
cover for Hokuetsu Seppu
cover for Zenzo Katsugan
Japanese Books – One Hundred Aspects of the Moon
images from Yoshitoshi’s One Hundred Aspects of the Moon, taken from the New York Public Library’s Spencer Collection
Japanese Books – Plum Blossom Album
images from The Plum Blossom Album, taken from The New York Public Library’s Spencer Collection
The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
“After all, the best part of a holiday is perhaps not so much to be resting yourself, as to see all the other fellows busy working.”
“… and when tired at last, he sat on the bank, while the river still chattered on to him, a babbling procession of the best stories in the world, sent from the heart of the earth to be told at last to the insatiable sea.”
“Absorbed in the new life he was entering upon, intoxicated with the sparkle, the ripple, the scents and the sounds and the sunlight, he trailed a paw in the water and dreamed long waking dreams.”
some quotes I loved from The Wind in the Willows
Publisher Collection – Wakefield Press
my collection of Wakefield Press books so far
Bygone Reads – April of 2012
my library check-outs in April of 2012
Japanese Covers – Old Books
cover for the Korin Gafu
cover for the Sonan Gafu
