Page 12, The Tongue Cut Sparrow
Title
Page 12, The Tongue Cut Sparrow
Description
This is a Japanese woodblock printed crepe paper book, describing the fairy tale "The Tongue Cut Sparrow."
Creator
Hasegawa, Takejiro, 1853-1938
Source
Private collection, on loan to the linda Lear Center for Special Collections and Archives, Connecticut College
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
When it began to grow dark, and they began to talk of going home, the sparrow brought out two wicker baskets and saidL "Will you
- 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, 1853-1938, “Page 12, The Tongue Cut Sparrow,” Linda Lear Center Digital Collections and Exhibitions, accessed May 7, 2026, https://omeka.conncoll.edu/items/show/780.