袋綴 [fukurotoji] (pouch binding). 縹色・空押し・元表紙 [hanadairo karaoshi motobyōshi] (light indigo embossed original cover). 墨刷 [sumizuri] (black and white printing). Suzuki subject: 芸術-絵画-画帖・絵本 製版 [seihan] (woodblock printing). Preface by Senshurō in Kyōwa 4 [1804]: "曲中年中行事序亍時享和四甲子蒼陽日/千首樓識" ; explanatory notes by Jippensha Ikku: "青楼繪抄年中行事/凡例東都逸民十返舎一九戯編."
Type
Format
四周単辺 [shishū tanpen] (within single border) of 18.2 x 13.5 cm ; text in 10 vertical lines ; preface and explanatory notes in 四周双辺 [shishū sōhen] (within double border). 喉丁付 [nodo chōzuke] (paging on gutter).
Prostitution Japan--History--Pictorial works Japan--Social life and customs--1600-1868--Pictorial works Prostitution Japan--History Japan--Social life and customs--1600-1868
Source
Wahon Literacies: A Collection of Books for the Study of Japanese Book History OpenUCLA Collections
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