Page 18, The Tongue Cut Sparrow
Title
Page 18, 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
Published by 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
woman replied: "Let me have the heavy one." Receiving this, she started home with it on her back; the sparrows laughing at her as she went.
Files
Collection
Citation
Hasegawa, Takejiro, 1853-1938, “Page 18, The Tongue Cut Sparrow,” Linda Lear Center Digital Collections and Exhibitions, accessed April 16, 2024, https://lc-digital.conncoll.edu/items/show/789.