Volume 1 of Book of the Milky Way (Ginga zōshi) - Chester Beatty Online Collections

Object Information

Printed Material

Object no:: J 1640.1

Title:: Volume 1 of Book of the Milky Way (Ginga zōshi)

Artist and production place:: Hishikawa Kiyoharu
Japan

Printmaker and production place:: Inoue Jihei
Japan

Publisher and production place:: Daimonjiya Tokugorō
Kyoto

Production date:: 1835

Dimensions:: 252 mm x 178 mm x 6 mm (height x width x depth)

Material:: Paper (material) Ink (material) Colourant (material)

Collection:: Japanese collection

Document type:: Printed Material

Object name:: Woodblock printed book

Description:: Colour woodblock printed book, Volume 1 of 'Book of the Milky Way' (Ginga zōshi) written by Ikeda Tōri with illustrations by Hishikawa Kiyoharu, published by Daimonjiya Tokugorō in Kyoto, Japan, in 1835. Blocks cut by Inoue Jihei. This three volume work introduces the story and customs of the Tanabata Festival, celebrated on the seventh day of the seventh month.

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