Artist: Kuretake Anju
Title: Ehon Edo suzume: jo, chu, ge 絵本江戸爵 上•中•下 (Picture Book: Edo Sparrow: Vols. 1, 2, 3)
Date: 1786 (New Year)
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British Museum
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Description:
Illustrated book, woodblock print. 3 volumes. Covers: Original, buff-coloured, printed with scattered brown 'ginkgo' leaves. Title slips: Original, printed with Ehon Edo suzume, jo, chu, ge in 'shin, gyo, so' scripts, pasted in top left corner of covers. Contents: (vol. 1) 9 leaves: colour-printed wrapper pasted inside the cover; 3 single pages of preface, 7 double-page illustrations, 1 single-page illustration; (vol. 2) 8 leaves: 1 single-page illustration, 7 double-page illustrations, 1 single-page illustration; (vol. 3) 7 leaves: 1 single-page illustration, 6 double-page illustrations, 1 blank single page, advertisement and publisher's colophon pasted inside back cover. With poems. Inscribed, signed and sealed.