page 04, The Cub's Triumph

page 04, The Cub's Triumph

This is a Japanese woodblock printed crepe paper book, telling a fairy tale story "The Cub's Triumph."

Hasegawa, Takejiro, 1853-1938

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

Published by T. Hasegawa. 17 Kami Negishi, Tokyo

Meiji 19, Month 12, Day 7 (Dec. 7, 1886)

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Japanese fairy tale stories XX

Crepe Paper Book

The deer, and the wild boar, the hares, the weasels, and the stoats even the bright little squirrels had been shot, or had fallen into traps. At last, only the badger, and the fox, with her young one were left. And they were starving, for they dared not venture from their holes for fear of the traps. They did not know what to do, or where to turn for food. At last the badger said, "I have thought of a plan. I will pretend to be dead. You