Pen Pictures of Japan - SIGNED copy
(Tokyo): The Hokuseido Press, (1939). Taishiro Nakatsuchi. First Edition. String Bound in Folding Chemise Case. 12mo. Pp. xii, [2], 3-109. With exquisite monochrome drawings by Taishiro Nakatsuchi throughout. Bound in brown silk cloth, string bound, with a printed label on the front board. The title page has a label for The Argus Book Shop (Chicago) tipped in. Housed in a traditional Japanese chemise, also silk, but with a brocade-like pattern, and with two ivory clasps. Printed label on the front panel. With stains on the front panel of chemise; spine a tad faded. Signed by Madden on the half-title page. Fine / Chemise Very Good. Item #6576 Pen Pictures is a charming collection of Madden's poetry and historic Japanese poems, which she credits.
In 1895 Maude Whitmore Madden (1867-1948) moved to Fukushima, Japan with her husband, Milton Madden, where he served as a missionary and she operated kindergartens. Later they relocated to Osaka. She enthusiastically embraced Japanese culture, and wrote several books on Japanese themes, most directed at a juvenile readership. She was also associated with Seattle, where her husband served as pastor of the Central Christian Church, 1918-1919.
Price: $100.00