Okinawan Princess: Da Legend of Hajichi Tattoos (forthcoming Bess Press May 2019)
$18.95
hardcover, color 48pp, 11″x10″
ISBN: 978-1-57306-5320
I’m excited to be illustrating my first children’s book, Okinawan Princess: Da Legend of Hajichi Tattoos. This is a trilingual feminist fairy tale set in Hawai‘i and Okinawa that illuminates an ancient tradition and pushes back against white normative standards of beauty. Okinawan Princess is written in Hawai‘i Creole by Lee A. Tonouchi and translated by Dr. Masashi Sakihara into a mix of Japanese and an Okinawan language called Uchinaaguchi. The book will feature over 35 of my original watercolor illustrations and will be published by Bess Press in May 2019.
Thank you to everyone who supported my 3AP (3Arts Projects) crowdfunding campaign this past spring. Learn more here: https://3arts.org/projects/okinawan-princess/
