The Frog turns into a Prince Another influence evident in these illustrations is the art of the Japanese woodcut or Ukiyo-e. Crane often signed his books using an image of a crane, for obvious reasons ...
The first scene in the book, 'The Princess meets the Frog by the Fountain' (image 1), takes place ... The appearance of the goddess of love, hints at the conclusion of 'The Frog Prince'. Here, Crane ...