Yuko Shimizu

Award winning Japanese illustrator based in New York City and instructor at School of Visual Arts.

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Japanese Tales 1/2 – book jacket –

Japanese Tales (written by Royall Tyler) is a collector edition book with 8 color interior illustrations with a screen printed jacket and embossed die-cut slip case. Originally published in 2018, the book was since sold out, but they brought it back and it is currently exclusively available from Folio Society of the UK.

This image set contains the process of the cover and end paper.
To view the interior illustrations, please scroll to the next page, or click here.

Art direction: Raquel Leis Allion

awards and recognitions: Society of Illustrators 61 silver medal (2019)