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). 製版 [seihan] (woodblock printing). Suzuki subject: 芸術-絵画-画帖・絵本 Written by Jippensha Ikku and illustrated by Kitagawa Utamaro: "十返舎一九/ 青樓/繪本年中行事喜多川歌麿画" on 扉 [tobira] (title page) ; 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."
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).
Japan--Social life and customs--1600-1868 Prostitution Japan--History--Pictorial works Prostitution Japan--History Japan--Social life and customs--1600-1868--Pictorial works
Source
OpenUCLA Collections Wahon Literacies: A Collection of Books for the Study of Japanese Book History
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