Page 12, Momotaro
Title
Page 12, Momotaro
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, Publisher, Tokyo
Date
Meiji 18, Month 9, Day 1 (Sept. 1, 1885)
Original Format
Crepe Paper Book
Text
replied: "I have some of the very best Japanese millet dumplings."
"Give me one and I will go with you," said the dog. So Momotaro took a dumpling out of his pouch and gave it to the dog. Then a monkey came and got one the same way. A pheasant also came flying and said: "Give me a dumpling too, and I will go along with you." So all three went along with him. In no time they arrived at the island of the devils, and at once broke through the
"Give me one and I will go with you," said the dog. So Momotaro took a dumpling out of his pouch and gave it to the dog. Then a monkey came and got one the same way. A pheasant also came flying and said: "Give me a dumpling too, and I will go along with you." So all three went along with him. In no time they arrived at the island of the devils, and at once broke through the
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Citation
Hasegawa, Takejiro, 1853-1938, “Page 12, Momotaro,” Linda Lear Center Digital Collections and Exhibitions, accessed November 22, 2024, https://lc-digital.conncoll.edu/items/show/751.