Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
喜能會之故真通.
Transliterated Title
Kinoe no komatsu.
Call Number
NE1321.85.S58 K39 1814
Identifier
ark:/88435/dc3484zw665
Publisher
[Japan] : [publisher not identified], [1814?]
Language
Japanese
Date Created
1814
Extent
3 volumes : colored illustrations ; 23 cm
Provenance
Princeton copy 1 Acquired by Edmond de Gouncourt in 1884. Two handwritten inscriptions document the gifting of the album by Paul Bonnetain to Goncourt in 1884 (second inscription). Signed by both Bonnetain and Goncourt. Also signature of Adeela Qureishi. 2014.
References
Kokusho sōmokuroku, volume 2, page 445 (喜能会之故真通; 3-satsu; 艶本; 著: 葛飾北斎).
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Cover title (title from title piece mounted on cover).
Within single border (18.0 x 13.0 cm).
On double leaves, oriental style (fukurotoji).
Princeton copy 1 Three volumes cut and pasted into an album of orihon format. Brocade cover, trimmed leaves. Includes title slips and preface and other text.
Title piece for volume "下" has a title : きのへのこまつ; including 'hentaigana'.
Volume 1 has a preface by 紫雲庵; including words "戌乃はつ春" could be 1814.

Discovery Information

Subject
Erotic art—Japan
Erotic prints—Japan
Accordion fold format

Physical Characteristics

File Count
52

Institutional Information

Collection
The Art of Japanese Publishing
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/63cfeced-ec34-4fef-b092-41e3d22185a0/manifest