Page 09, The Tongue Cut Sparrow
Title
Page 09, 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, Toyko, 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
Original Format
crepe paper
Text
its old master and mistress had come to see it, it rejoiced and brought them into its house and thanked them for their kindness in old times and spread a table for them, and loaded it with sake and fish till there was no more room, and made its wife and children and grand-children all serve the table. At last throwing away its drinking-cup it danced a jig
Files
Collection
Citation
Hasegawa, Takejiro, 1853-1938, “Page 09, The Tongue Cut Sparrow,” Linda Lear Center Digital Collections and Exhibitions, accessed November 2, 2024, https://lc-digital.conncoll.edu/items/show/783.