THE DRAGON PAINTER
By MARY McNEIL FENOLLOSA
Author of “Truth Dexter,” “The Breath of the Gods,” etc.
Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth. $1.50.
Written with unusual power by one of the few authors capable of interpreting the inner life of the people of Japan, “The Dragon Painter” holds the reader spellbound.
Kano Indara, the last of his race and the last of a mighty line of artists, despairs of finding a true artist—a Dragon Painter—to inherit his name and the traditions of his race. An untamed mountain artist, Tatsu, a painter of dragons, is sent to him. Kano shows him his daughter, Umè-ko, and the youth looks upon her as the Dragon Maid, for whom he has long been searching. The story of their betrothal and the subsequent dramatic events are all depicted with the same care of workmanship and brilliant background that have characterized this author’s previous books.
“The Dragon Painter” is a fresh, original, absorbing story, wholly oriental in coloring, displaying a remarkable acquaintance with Japanese life and character which made “The Breath of the Gods” one of the notable novels in current literature.
LITTLE, BROWN, & CO., Publishers
254 Washington Street, Boston
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