Page 01, The Tongue Cut Sparrow

Title

Subject

Woodblock prints

Crepe paper

Fairy tales--Japan

Description

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

Creator

Hasegawa, Takejiro, 1953-1938

Source

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

Publisher

T. Hasegawa, 17 Kami Negishi, Tokyo, Japan

Date

[Circa 1885], Meiji

Contributor

Eitaku, Kobayashi, 1843-1890 (illustrator)

Rights

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

Format

Image/JPEG

Language

English, Japanese

Type

Document

Identifier

Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 2

Original Format

Crepe Paper Book

Text

Japanese Fairy Tales Series, No. 2. The Tongue Cut Sparrow

Files

Date Added: November 13, 2017
Collection: The Tongue Cut Sparrow
Item Type: Document
Tags: Crepe Paper book, Hasegawa, japanese fairy tales, The Tongue Cut Sparrow, woodblock coloring, Woodblock printing
Citation: Hasegawa, Takejiro, 1953-1938, “Page 01, The Tongue Cut Sparrow,” Linda Lear Center Digital Collections and Exhibitions, accessed August 9, 2026, https://omeka.conncoll.edu/items/show/708.