Tongue cut sparrow.
Creator
Alternative Title
Japanese fairy tale series no.2
Date Created
[1888?]
Date
1888
Identifier
University of Otago Library Special Collections - PL 782 E8 JB4 no.2
s67
Publisher
Hasegawa, Takejiro, 1853-1938.
Kobunsha
Griffith, Farran & Company.
Description
Chirimen books are thought to have been invented in August 1885, when a Japanese fairy tale series was published by Hasegawa Takejiro (1853-1936). The books were illustrated by Sensei Eitaku. Thirty-one popular Japanese folktales were translated into English. Under special contract with Griffith, Farran & Co., the first 16 books of the fairy tale series were printed by Kobunsha with the Griffith, Farran & Company imprint. The special printings for Griffith, Farran & Company were published ca 1888. Pictured is the cover for no. 2. 'Tongue Cut Sparrow' showing the tongue cut sparrow's wife and children laughing at the cross old woman who cut the sparrows tongue, as she struggles to carry the heavier of two wicker baskets offered to her by the tongue cut sparrow.
Contributor
Hasegawa, Takejiro, 1853-1938
Format
Book covers
Covers (Illustration)
Wood blocks
Extent
160 mm
Medium
Chirimen-bon : a book made of chirimen paper (crepe paper), illustrated with multi-colored woodblocks printed on one side of double leaves, bound with sewn and glued spines.
Spatial Coverage
Temporal Coverage
Provenance
Presented to the Library by the University of Liverpool. 1958.
Source
Japanese fairy tale series [Tokyo, The Kobunsha; London, Griffith, Farran, 188-?].
Language
eng
Is Part Of
Japanese fairy tale series.
Files
Collection
Citation
Eitaku, 1843-1890, “Tongue cut sparrow.,” ourheritage.ac.nz | OUR Heritage, accessed October 7, 2024, https://otago.ourheritage.ac.nz/items/show/6034.