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| The Story of Shiranui, 1st edition, chapter 28 to 30 |
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| Item No | #1080061520 |
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| Item | Book(Ukiyoe woodblock print) |
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| Artist | Utagawa Kunisada |
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| Price | $100.00 |
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| Weight | 0.08kg |
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| | 11.5cm 4 1/2" | | | 1cm 0 1/2" | | | 17cm 6 3/4" |
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Written by Ryukatei Tanekazu
Illustrated by Utagawa Kunisada
Slight worm holes
The Sazoshi(booklet consisted of illustrations and a story written in Kana) created especially in the late Edo era is called Goukan. The artwork shown in here is the longest Goukan, titled "The Story of Shiranui" which was handed from one author to another to complete a story from the end of Edo to the Meiji era. The illustorators were also succeeded. The story was based on the true story about the Kuroda's family trouble and the rebellion in Amakusa. This booklet had a high reputation at the end of Edo.
The story which begins at the chapter 28 is as follows;
the princess Komahime was keeping a cat, but one day, as something evil happened around her cat, Komahime abandoned it. Then, one day, a woman with a completely same looking as Komahime appeared and insisted that she was a real one. Of course, it was the cat incarnate. But the two women were so similar that nobody could recognize which was Komahime.
（※As mentioned above, this artwork taking a form of Sazoshi is provided a lot of illustrations in the pages, therefore, the story could easily be understood as you follow the illustrations in there.)
Ryukatei Tanekazu(1807-1858) was a dramatic author and a pupil of Ryutei Tanehiko I. Known as the author of goukan(booklets) such as "the Story of Shiranui" and "the Story of Jiraiya Goketsu". His real name is Sakakura, commonly called Sakamoto-ya Shinshichi, another name is Rokuen. He ran stores one ofter another like a liquor store, drug store and book store, and he also worked as a professional storyteller.
Utagawa Kunisada (1786 - 1865) (also known as Utagawa Toyokuni III) was the most popular, prolific and financially successful designer of ukiyo-e woodblock prints in 19th-century Japan. In his own time, his reputation far exceeded that of his contemporaries, Hokusai, Hiroshige and Kuniyoshi.
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