Page 13, The Tongue Cut Sparrow

Title

Page 13, The Tongue Cut Sparrow

Description

This is a Japanese woodblock printed crepe paper book, describing the fairy tale "The Tongue Cut Sparrow."

Creator

Hasegawa, Takejiro, 1853-1938

Source

Private collection, on loan to the Linda Lear Center for Special Collections and Archives, Connecticut College

Publisher

T. Hasegawa, 17 Kami Negishi, Tokyo, Japan

Date

[Circa 1885], Meiji

Contributor

Eitaku, Kobayashi, 1843-1890 (illustrator)

Rights

Copyright Connecticut College, 2014. For rights and reproduction requests, contact the Linda Lear Center for Special Collections and Archives at learcenter(at)conncoll(dot)edu

Format

Image/JPEG

Language

English, Japanese

Type

Document

Identifier

Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 2

Text

take the heavy one, or shall I give you the light one?" The old people replied: "We are old, so give us the light one: it will be easier to carry it."

Citation

Hasegawa, Takejiro, 1853-1938, “Page 13, The Tongue Cut Sparrow,” Linda Lear Center Digital Collections and Exhibitions, accessed September 21, 2018, http://lc-digital.conncoll.edu/items/show/791.