illustrated book;
print
- Museum number
- 1979,0305,0.85
- Title
- Object: (Shinpan) Banshu Sone no matsu (新版) 播州曽根松 (The Sone Pine Tree in Harima Province (a New Publication))
- Description
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Illustrated book, Two volumes of original set of three. 'Kurobon'. Illustrated light fiction of 'kusazoshi' type. Woodblock-printed.
- Production date
- 1750-1755 (ca.)
- Dimensions
-
Height: 18.30 centimetres
-
Width: 13.20 centimetres
- Curator's comments
- Hillier and Smith 1980
A 'kurobon', black-covered book; light fiction of the 'kusazoshi' type with copious illustrations, popular between 1740 and 1780, and designed for the less literate book-buying public.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1979
- Department
- Asia
- Registration number
- 1979,0305,0.85
- Additional IDs
-
Previous owner/ex-collection number: JH.85 (Hillier no.)
