Kusazoshi: Muromachi Genji Kocho no Maki Nihen Jyo.
Mei (signature) : Written by Ryutei Tanehiko
Illustrated by Kunisada(2nd generation Utagawa Kunisada)
Published at the new year of 1864.
Length : 17.8cm or 7.01inches x 11.6cm or 4.57inches
Jidai(era) : Late Edo Period.
Special feature: 20 pages in all. Kusazoshi is a novel and picture book
that became popular among the people of Edo. The writer Ryutei
Tanehiko is an auther of popular stories at the Late Edo period.
He paired with ukiyoe master Kunisada and became the authority of Kusazoshi.
Only the lip of caracters on each page has been colored with red ink at later years,
and a hole is made by the one like punch through the book. As for the condition,
it is good and the color of the cover and inside ink are beautiful.
Patterned marking are given in some places and there are a lot of viewpoints about this book.