1886 1ed Japanese Fairy Tales Urashima the Fisher Boy Color Illustrated Tokyo
A rare, hand-made book on silk-stitched, creped wraps of famous Japanese fairy tales! This traditional tale, ‘Urashima the Fisher Boy, is an illustrated woodblock book telling the tale a young Japanese fisherman who catches a tortoise. After deciding he did not want to deprive the tortoise of life, he let it go. Moments later, a beautiful woman, daughter of the Sea-God, appears to him claiming she was the tortoise!
This volume is numbered no. 8 in a series of ‘Antique Japanese Fairy Tales’.
1886 1ed Japanese Fairy Tales Urashima the Fisher Boy Color Illustrated Tokyo
A rare, hand-made book on silk-stitched, creped wraps of famous Japanese fairy tales! This traditional tale, ‘Urashima the Fisher Boy, is an illustrated woodblock book telling the tale a young Japanese fisherman who catches a tortoise. After deciding he did not want to deprive the tortoise of life, he let it go. Moments later, a beautiful woman, daughter of the Sea-God, appears to him claiming she was the tortoise!
This volume is numbered no. 8 in a series of ‘Antique Japanese Fairy Tales’.
Item number: #6979
Price: $499
CHAMBERLAIN, Basil H.
Antique Japanese Fairy Tale Series #8, Urashima the Fisher Boy
Tokyo : T. Hasegawa, 1886. First edition. [Meiji 19]
Details:
- Collation: Complete with all pages
- Language: English
- Binding: Softcover; tight and secure
- Size: ~6in X 4in (15cm x 10cm)
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6979
Categories
Literature
Asia, Africa, & Middle Eastern
Authors
CHAMBERLAIN, Basil H.
Printing Date
19th Century
Language
English
Binding
Softcover
Book Condition
Excellent
Collation
Complete