Creator
Ryūkatei Tanekazu (柳下亭種員).
Title
Shiranui monogatari (The Tale of Shiranui), vol. 48.
Coverage
Tokyo:
Publisher
Enjudō (延壽堂),
Date
1878.
Description
Shiranui monotagari was one of the most popular works of serialized pictorial fiction, known as the gōkan genre, at the end of the Edo period (1853–1868) and in the early Meiji period. This is one installment of two fascicles of the work. Gōkan have colorful, dynamic, and aesthetically pleasing covers that combine as pairs to form unified compositions. These fascicles were illustrated by Ikkeisai [Utagawa] Yoshiiku. The red and purple aniline dyes immediately identify them as having been produced in the Meiji period, as such dyes were not available for use in Japan before the Meiji Restoration in 1868.
Source
From the collection of Rare Book School