found: Uehashi, Nahoko. Moribito, 2008:ECip Copyright p. (Illustrations by Yuko Shimizu)
found: Pub. clarification e-mail, 2007-10-11:("Yuko Shimizu" is not the same as "Yukoku Shimizu"; b. July 15, 1965; no other published works to her credit)
found: Barbed wire baseball, 2013:title page (illustrated by Yuko Shimizo) dust jacket (a freelance illustrator whose work has appeared in newspapers and magazines; she is an illustration instructor at School of Visual Arts; lives in New York City)
found: Yuko Shimizu, via WWW, Sept. 5, 2013(a Japanese illustrator based in New York City; M.F.A., School of Visual Arts, 2003; contact: [email protected])