Page 16, Momotaro

Title

Page 16, 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

at last encountered the chief of the devils, called Akandoji. Then came the tug of war. Akandoji made at Momotaro with an iron club, but Momotaro was ready for him, and dodged him adroitly. At last they grappled each other, and without difficulty Momotaro just crushed down Akandoji and tied him with a rope so tight that he could not even move. All this was done in a fair fight.
After this Akandoji the chief of the devils said he would

Files

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Collection

Citation

Hasegawa, Takejiro, 1853-1938, “Page 16, Momotaro,” Linda Lear Center Digital Collections and Exhibitions, accessed November 24, 2024, https://lc-digital.conncoll.edu/items/show/772.