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The Story of Shiraito of the Hashimoto Brothel

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Title The Story of Shiraito of the Hashimoto Brothel Hashimotoya Shiraito no hanashi 橋本屋白糸之話
Date 14/12/1885
Publisher Tsujiokaya Tsunajima Kamekichi (Kinkodō/Tōsendō) 辻岡屋綱島亀吉 (錦亀堂/島鮮堂)
Woodcarver Watanabe Yatarō 渡辺弥太郎
City Tokyo
Signature Yoshitoshi 芳年
Artist seal Taiso 大蘇
Blockcutter’s (and/or) printer’s) seal(s) hori Yata 彫弥太
Inscription

(in left margin)

御届明治十九年二月一日 otodoke Meiji jūkyū nen ni gatsu tsuitachi Submitted in Meiji year 19, month 12, day 1

浅草須賀町二番地 Asakusa Sugachō 2-banchi (Yoshitoshi’s address)

画工月岡米次郎 gakō Tsukioka Yonejirō Image created by: Tsukioka Yonejirō*

馬喰町二丁目十四番地 Bakurochō 2-chōme 14-banchi (Publisher’s address)

出版人 綱島亀吉shuppanjin Tsunajima Kamekichi publisher Tsunajima Kamekichi

*Yonejirō was Yoshitoshi’s birth name

Width 24,5 cm
Height 37 cm
Object number SH2018-DM-135
Credit Line Collection Japan Museum SieboldHuis, gift of Muck and Mieke Douma, 2018