A set of sixteen Japanese fairy tale albums bound together in four hardback albums containing the tales of 'Momotaro', 'Tongue Cut Sparrow', 'Battle of the Monkey and the Crab', 'The Old Man who Made the Dead Trees Blossom' and others, translated into English and illustrated in sumi and colour on crepe paper, printed by Griffith, Farran & Co., London and Sydney and by Kobunsha, Tokyo , each album 6in. x 4in. (15.2cms x 10cms), accompanying copy of the journal by Frederic A. Sharf entitled 'Takejiro Hasegawa, Meiji Japan's preeminent Publisher of Woodblock Illustrated Crepe Paper Books'. (16)
A set of sixteen Japanese fairy tale albums bound together in four hardback albums containing the tales of 'Momotaro', 'Tongue Cut Sparrow', 'Battle of the Monkey and the Crab', 'The Old Man who Made the Dead Trees Blossom' and others, translated into English and illustrated in sumi and colour on crepe paper, printed by Griffith, Farran & Co., London and Sydney and by Kobunsha, Tokyo , each album 6in. x 4in. (15.2cms x 10cms), accompanying copy of the journal by Frederic A. Sharf entitled 'Takejiro Hasegawa, Meiji Japan's preeminent Publisher of Woodblock Illustrated Crepe Paper Books'. (16)
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