Yale Center for British Art

Title:

The tongue cut sparrow.

Alternate Title(s):

Shitakiri suzume.

Published / Created:

Tōkyō : Hasegawa Takejirō, [188-?]

Physical Description:

[24] p. : col. ill. ; 16 cm.

Holdings:

Rare Books and Manuscripts
PN989.J3 S513 1880z
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Elizabeth and Horace Tower in memory of Cynthia Gay Wright

Copyright Status:

Classification:

Books

Notes:

Cover title. Series statement at head of title.

Title, in Japanese, on p. [2] of cover: Shitakiri suzume.

Translated and told by David Thompson. With chromoxylographic illustrations by Sensai Eitaku. Cf. The 1886 ed.

On double leaves, traditional East Asian binding style (fukurotoji). Crepe paper.

Subject Terms:

Fairy tales -- Japan. | Folklore -- Japan.

Form/Genre:

Chromoxylographs -- 188-. | Fukuro-toji

Contributors:

Hasegawa, Takejiro, 1853–1938. | Thompson, David, b. 1835. | Eitaku, 1843–1890, ill.