Kokon Yoshiwara kidan // [Past and present strange stories from the Yoshiwara].

Author
Hishikawa, Moronobu, approximately 1618-approximately 1694 [Browse]
Format
Visual material
Language
No linguistic content
Published/​Created
Japan : [s.n.], n.d. [1900s] ; n.d [1680s] (original print).
Description
1 item ; sheet 35.7 x 23.3 cm.

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Special Collections - Graphic Arts Collection GA 2008.01132 E Row 1/GC063/Box 01/Normal/Gillett Griffin Gift Browse related items Reading Room Request

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    • Medium: Ehon (picture book)
    • Format: Single-page bookplate .
    • Item description: Title page of an illustrated storybook of tales from the Yoshiwara pleasure district in Edo. The stories include as listed in the heading: Courtesan Takao at the Height of Popularity (Takao no zensei) and Stingy Crowds (Yasune no gunshû).
    • Provenance: Purchased at one of three 1947 sales at Parke-Bernet or at Gimbels Department Store, New York City.
    • Signed: Hishikawa Moronobu zu.
    Source acquisition
    Gift of Gillett G. Griffin in honor of Dale Roylance. Given 2008.
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    Also available in an electronic version.
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