Page 13, The Tongue Cut Sparrow

Page 13, The Tongue Cut Sparrow

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

Hasegawa, Takejiro, 1853-1938

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

T. Hasegawa, 17 Kami Negishi, Tokyo, Japan

[Circa 1885], Meiji

Eitaku, Kobayashi, 1843-1890 (illustrator)

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

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English, Japanese

Document

Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 2

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."