袋綴 [fukurotoji] (pouch binding). 元題簽 [motodaisen] (original title slip) ; 左肩・無辺 [saken muhen] (with no border, pasted on the left side of cover). 縹色・空押し・元表紙 [hanadairo karaoshi motobyōshi] (light indigo embossed original cover). 美本 [bihon] (well-preserved book). 彩色刷 [saishikizuri] (color printing). Suzuki subject: 芸術-絵画-画帖・絵本 製版 [seihan] (woodblock printing). Advertisement for this two-volume set at the end of text: "十返舎一九編輯/青樓/繪抄年中行事後編全部二冊近刻." Published by Kazusaya Tadasuke in Kyōwa 4 [1804]: "江戸繪師喜多川舎/紫屋歌麿筆/校合門人喜久麿秀麿竹麿 彫刻藤一宗/摺工鶴松堂藤右衛門 享和四歳甲子蒼陽発兌/書房/東武日本橋通四町目/上總屋忠助壽櫻."
Type
Format
四周単辺 [shishū tanpen] (within single border) of 18.2 x 13.5 cm ; text in 10 vertical lines. 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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