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Photo, Print, Drawing Hokusai hyaku monogatari no uchi gomai 北齋百物語之内五枚 / Hyaku monogatari / Title on accompanied explanation piece (1): 5 pictures out of 100 ghost story / Title on accompanied explanation piece (2): 100 ghostly stories

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Title

  • Hokusai hyaku monogatari no uchi gomai

Other Title

  • 北齋百物語之内五枚
  • Hyaku monogatari
  • Title on accompanied explanation piece (1): 5 pictures out of 100 ghost story
  • Title on accompanied explanation piece (2): 100 ghostly stories

Names

  • Katsushika, Hokusai, 1760-1849
  • Japanese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [Edo? : Tsuruya Kiemon, 1831?-1832?]

Contents

  • [1] Oiwa-san -- [2] Warai hannya -- [3] Kohada Koheiji -- [4] Sarayashiki -- [5] Shūnen.

Headings

  • -  Katsushika, Hokusai,--1760-1849
  • -  Ghosts in art
  • -  Color prints, Japanese--Edo period, 1600-1868
  • -  葛飾北齋,--1760-1849

Notes

  • -  Hand-made album with 5 colored wood block prints.
  • -  Title from title piece pasted on cover (daisen).
  • -  Each page has pasted picture (25.8 x 18.3 cm.).
  • -  On double leaves, folded accordion style (orihon).
  • -  Not found in S. Honda's Pre-Meiji works on Japanese art in the Library of Congress, a bibliography.
  • -  Not found in Kokusho sōmokuroku, auth. index under Katsushika Hokusai.
  • -  Each picture has "百物語・前北斎筆・霍喜板".
  • -  Wikipedia, 2013-02-15 (under 葛飾北斎: 百物語; 全 5図; 天保 2-3 [1831-1832] 頃版行).
  • -  Accompanied by five explanatory note papers, giving description of the prints in English; and two original cover boards: 口表,口裏 written; "京都 ... 表具師遠藤得治郎" stamped. DLC
  • -  A seal with conbination of "T. W. E (order of letters not sure)" pasted on p. [3] of cover.
  • -  [1] お岩さん -- [2] 笑ひはんにゃ -- [3] こはだ小平二 -- [4] さらやし記 -- [5] 志う祢ん.

Medium

  • [10] p. : all col. ill. (woodcuts) ; 31 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • NE1325.K3 A66 1831

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2012457439

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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IIIF Presentation Manifest

Rights & Access

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Asian Division.

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Chicago citation style:

Katsushika, Hokusai, and Japanese Rare Book Collection. Hokusai Hyaku Monogatari No Uchi Gomai. , 1831. [Edo?: Tsuruya Kiemon, ?-1832?] Photograph. https://www.loc.gov/item/2012457439/.

APA citation style:

Katsushika, H. & Japanese Rare Book Collection. (1831) Hokusai Hyaku Monogatari No Uchi Gomai. , 1831. [Edo?: Tsuruya Kiemon, ?-1832?] [Photograph] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2012457439/.

MLA citation style:

Katsushika, Hokusai, and Japanese Rare Book Collection. Hokusai Hyaku Monogatari No Uchi Gomai. [Edo?: Tsuruya Kiemon, ?-1832?] Photograph. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2012457439/>.